How many demersal fish species in the deep sea? A test of a method to extrapolate from local to global diversity

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1523-1532

  Anthony Koslow, J ^a   Williams, Alan ^a   Paxton, John R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deep sea; Fish

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA FISH; DEMERSAL FISH; EXTRAPOLATION METHOD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

(EAST); INDIAN OCEAN;

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 9844258327     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018366419962     Document Type: Article

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