A comparison of proxy performance in coral biodiversity monitoring

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 287-292

  Richards, Zoe T ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Coral; Diversity; Reefscape proxy

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84874805751     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0963-3     Document Type: Note

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