Coastal biodiversity in the Indian Ocean: The known, the unknown and the unknowable

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-26

  Keesing, John ^a   Irvine, Tennille ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioregion; Coastal; Endemism; Indian Ocean; Marine

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CRUSTACEA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 69249157707     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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