High islands versus low islands: A comparison of fish faunal composition of the Palau Islands

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 241-248

  Donaldson, Terry J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coral reefs; Islands; Richness; Species diversity; Visual transects

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ISLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PALAU;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036792198     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020067931910     Document Type: Article

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