Taxonomy of estuarine invertebrates in Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 381-394

  Hutchings, Pat ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal embayments; Estuarine faunas; Lagoons; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044372866     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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