The effectiveness of seahorses and pipefish (Pisces: Syngnathidae) as a flagship group to evaluate the conservation value of estuarine seagrass beds

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 588-595

  Shokri, Mohammad Reza ^a   Gladstone, William ^a   Jelbart, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Irreplaceability; Marine protected area; Reserve selection; Seagrass bed; Surrogate

Indexed keywords

SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TELEOST;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE;

EID: 68149131227     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1009     Document Type: Article

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