Composition and abundance of benthic macrofauna of a tropical sea-grass bed in North Queensland, Australia

Pacific Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-560

  Klumpp, David W ^a   Kwak, Seok Nam ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COCKLE BAY; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; HALOPHILA; ISOPODA; POLYCHAETA; TANAIDAE;

EID: 25444505665     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2005.0046     Document Type: Article

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