Macrofaunal community structure of beaches in northern New South Wales, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-53

  Hacking, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031966140     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF96130     Document Type: Article

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