Marine biodiversity in Japanese waters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Fujikura, Katsunori ^a   Lindsay, Dhugal ^a   Kitazato, Hiroshi ^a   Nishida, Shuhei ^b   Shirayama, Yoshihisa ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELID WORM; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; CHORDATA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ECHINODERM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; JAPAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; OCEAN CURRENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RED ALGA; REVIEW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPONGE (PORIFERA); STRAMENOPILE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SEA;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; JAPAN; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER;

EID: 77957769340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011836     Document Type: Review

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