Characterising and predicting benthic biodiversity for conservation planning in deepwater environments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Dunstan, Piers K ^a   Althaus, Franziska ^a   Williams, Alan ^a   Bax, Nicholas J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TASMANIA;

EID: 84860995507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036558     Document Type: Article

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