Sponges of the low isles, great barrier reef: an important scientific site, or a case of mistaken identity ?

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 44, Issue , 1999, Pages 249-262

  Hooper, John N A ^a,b   List Armitage, Susan E ^a,b   Kennedy, John A ^a,b   Cook, Stephen D ^a,b   Valentine, Clare A ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; D porifera; Faunal survey; Great barrier reef; Low isles; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CORAL REEF; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPONGE;

AUSTRALIA;

PORIFERA;

EID: 0033498365     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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