Biodiversity patterns in Indian Ocean corals, and effects of taxonomic error in data

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 847-868

  Sheppard, Charles R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corals; Diversity; Indian Ocean; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031742843     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008830222860     Document Type: Article

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