Sea kraits (Squamata: Laticauda spp.) as a useful bioassay for assessing local diversity of eels (Muraenidae, Congridae) in the western Pacific Ocean

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1098-1101

  Reed, Robert N ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^a   Shetty, Sohan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; EEL;

(WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANGUILLIFORMES; CONGER; CONGRIDAE; LATICAUDA; MURAENIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037207184     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[1098:SKSLSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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