Role of DNA barcoding in marine biodiversity assessment and conservation: An update

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 161-171

  Trivedi, Subrata ^a   Aloufi, Abdulhadi A ^a   Ansari, Abid A ^a   Ghosh, Sankar K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; DNA barcoding; Marine ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959470278     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.01.001     Document Type: Review

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