Ecological assessment of a complex natural system: A case study from the Great Barrier Reef

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 480-496

  DeVantier, L M ^a   De'ath, G ^b   Done, T J ^a   Turak, E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Coral reefs; Ecological indexes; Great Barrier Reef; Rapid ecological assessment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; WHITSUNDAY;

EID: 0031979373     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0480:EAOACN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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