European marine biodiversity inventory and taxonomic resources: State of the art and gaps in knowledge

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 316, Issue , 2006, Pages 257-268

  Costello, Mark J ^a,b   Bouchet, Philippe ^c   Emblow, Chris S ^b   Legakis, Anastasios ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Ecological Consultancy Services Limited EcoServe   (Ireland)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Database; Identification; Species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY;

ACARI; ANNELIDA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRACHIOPODA; CEPHALOCHORDATA; COELENTERATA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; GNATHOSTOMULIDA; HALACARIDAE; HARPACTICOIDA; HEMICHORDATA; HIRUDINEA; ISOPODA; PISCES; PLACOZOA; POLYCHAETA; PROTISTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 33746611586     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps316257     Document Type: Article

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