Implications of sponge biodiversity patterns for the management of a marine reserve in northern Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Przeslawski, Rachel ^a   Alvarez, Belinda ^b   Kool, Johnathan ^a   Bridge, Tom ^c,d   Caley, M Julian ^d   Nichol, Scott ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PORIFERA;

EID: 84959386967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141813     Document Type: Article

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