Latitudinal species diversity gradient of mushroom corals off eastern Australia: A baseline from the 1970s

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 165, Issue , 2015, Pages 190-198

  Hoeksema, Bert W ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Along shore gradient; Biogeography; Fungiidae; Great Barrier Reef; Historical data

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CORAL REEF; HISTORICAL RECORD; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MUSEUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; CORAL TRIANGLE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GULF OF PAPUA; INDIAN OCEAN; LORD HOWE ISLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; TORRES STRAIT;

ANTHOZOA; FUNGIIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84948077195     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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