Polychaetes as surrogates for marine biodiversity: Lower taxonomic resolution and indicator groups

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1033-1049

  Olsgard, Frode ^a,d   Brattegard, Torleiv ^b   Holthe, Torleif ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Indicators; Polychaetes; Rapid assessment; Species richness; Surrogates; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLYCHAETE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

POLYCHAETA; TEREBELLIDA;

EID: 0037403595     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022800405253     Document Type: Article

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