Aquatic biodiversity in the mediterranean region of South Africa

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 719, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 237-268

  de Moor, F C ^a,b   Day, J A ^c  

^a Albany Museum   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aquatic fauna and flora; Cape Floristic Realm; Conservation; Diversity; Endemism; Fynbos biome; Invertebrates; Palaeohistory; Succulent Karoo; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMISM; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84885021033     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1488-7     Document Type: Review

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