Insular freshwater fish faunas of Micronesia: Patterns of species richness and similarity

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-149

  Donaldson, Terry J ^a,b   Myers, Robert F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Coral Graphics ^*  (Guam)

Author keywords

Amphidromy; Biodiversity; Catadromy; Freshwater fish

Indexed keywords

AMPHIDROMY; CATADROMY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ISLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PACIFIC ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 0036792140     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020050931158     Document Type: Article

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