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Genre/Form: | Electronic book Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Wilson, Barry Robert, 1935- Biogeography of the Australian north west shelf. Burlington, MA : Elsevier, 2013 (DLC) 2013012380 (OCoLC)836748389 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Barry Robert Wilson |
ISBN: | 9780124114883 0124114881 |
OCLC Number: | 849921370 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. The contemporary physical environment -- 3. Intertidal rocky shores -- 4. Coral reefs of the north west shelf -- 5. Mangrove habitat and associated fauna -- 6. Habitats and biotic assemblages of intertidal sandy and muddy shores -- 7. Benthic shelf and slope habitats -- 8. Patterns of life and the processes that produce them -- 9. An overview of the historical biogeography of the north west shelf. |
Responsibility: | by Barry Wilson. |
Abstract:
Provides information of the North West Shelf in terms of geological, oceanographic and climatological history and understanding of such issues as biodiversity, connectivity, larval dispersal and speciation in the sea that determine the distribution patterns of its invertebrate fauna.
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"...an extremely comprehensive account of the wide range of habitats in the region...well written and presents concepts and terminology consistently in a way that is digestible to a wide audience." --The Quarterly Review of Biology Read more...
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