Is the Arabian Gulf really such a lowspot of biodiversity?: Scaling effects and management implications

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-366

  Price, A R G ^a   Izsak, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Echinoderms; Endemism; Red Sea; Species richness; Taxonomic distinctness

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 28844478825     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980500457757     Document Type: Article

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