Are rare species rare or just overlooked? Assessing the distribution of the freshwater bryozoan, Lophopus crystallinus

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-234

  Hill, Samantha L L ^a   Sayer, Carl D ^b   Hammond, Peter M ^c   Rimmer, Vivien K ^a   Davidson, Tom A ^b   Hoare, Daniel J ^b   Burgess, Amy ^b   Okamura, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Debris sampling; Sediment cores; Statoblast

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRYOZOAN; DEGRADATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RARE SPECIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT CORE; SURVEY;

BRYOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; LOPHOPUS CRYSTALLINUS; PHYLACTOLAEMATA;

EID: 33845576073     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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