Spatial patterns of ascidian assemblages on subtidal rocky reefs in the Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park, New South Wales

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 843-855

  Newton, Kathryn L ^a   Creese, Bob ^b   Raftos, David ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Port Stephens Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; MARINE PARK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REEF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PORT STEPHENS;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA;

EID: 35148836649     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF07054     Document Type: Article

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