Ecology and distribution of soft-sediment benthic communities off Viti Levu (Fiji)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 371, Issue , 2008, Pages 91-107

  Mohammed, Shirley W C ^a   Coppard, Simon E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Community structure; Marine biodiversity; Spatial patterns; Spot endemism; Uniques

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ECHINODERM; ENDEMISM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VITI LEVU;

AGLAOPHAMUS; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 57849099671     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07618     Document Type: Article

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