Simultaneous 'hotspots' and 'coldspots' of marine biodiversity and implications for global conservation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 241, Issue , 2002, Pages 23-27

  Price, Andrew R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Asteroids; Atlantic; Estuaries; Hydrothermal vents; Species richness; Taxonomic distinctness; (turnover) diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS;

ARABIAN GULF; ARABIAN SEA;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 0037019846     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps241023     Document Type: Article

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