Marine nematode deep-sea biodiversity - Hyperdiverse or hype?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 475-485

  Lambshead, P John D ^a   Boucher, Guy ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deep sea diversity; Global species richness; Hyperdiversity; Marine nematodes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEMATODE;

METAZOA; NEMATODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0038025581     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00843.x     Document Type: Review

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