Wetland invertebrate richness and endemism on the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1006-1020

  Horwitz, Pierre ^a   Rogan, Ruth ^a   Halse, Stuart ^b   Davis, Jenny ^c   Sommer, Bea ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Bennelongia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Conservation; Rarity; Regional surveys; Sampling effort

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CAVE; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INLAND SEA; INVERTEBRATE; SURFACE WATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SWAN COASTAL PLAIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 71049181015     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08204     Document Type: Article

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