Seagrass biodiversity of the Fiji and Samoa islands, South Pacific

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 345-356

  Skelton, Posa A ^a   South, G Robin ^a  

^a Intl Ocean Inst Reg Ctr A   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Distribution; Fiji; Halophila decipiens; Halophila ovalis ssp. bullosa; Indo Pacific flora; Samoa; Seagrasses

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AMERICAN SAMOA; FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TONGA;

CYMODOCEA SERRULATA; CYMODOCEACEAE; HALODULE PINIFOLIA; HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA DECIPIENS; HALOPHILA MINOR; HALOPHILA OVALIS; HALOPHILA OVATA; HYDROCHARITACEAE; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII;

EID: 33746542624     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2006.9517426     Document Type: Article

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