Assessing the magnitude of species richness in tropical marine environments: Exceptionally high numbers of molluscs at a New Caledonia site

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 421-436

  Bouchet, Philippe ^a,b   Lozouet, Pierre ^a   Maestrati, Philippe ^a   Heros, Virginie ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Diversity; Inventory; post mortem remains; Rarity; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSC; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NEW CALEDONIA;

ANTHOZOA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0036553214     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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