Australia's marine biogeography revisited: Back to the future?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 988-992

  Waters, Jonathan M ^a   Wernberg, Thomas ^b,c   Connell, Sean D ^d   Thomsen, Mads S ^c,d   Zuccarello, Giuseppe C ^e   Kraft, Gerald T ^f   Sanderson, J Craig ^g   West, John A ^f   Gurgel, Carlos F D ^h,i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^h Plant Research Centre   (Australia)

ⁱ SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Australia; Bioregion; Macroalgae; Marine biogeography; Phylogeography; Province; Seaweed; Subtidal

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MACROALGA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEAWEED; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; FLINDERSIA; PERONIA;

EID: 78649665846     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02114.x     Document Type: Article

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