Australian Museum Journal Natural history of Madang Lagoon with an appendix to collecting localities
- Shortform:
- Jebb and Lowry, 1995, Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 22: 1–24
- Author(s):
- Jebb, M. H. P.; Lowry, J. K.
- Year published:
- 1995
- Title:
- Natural history of Madang Lagoon with an appendix to collecting localities
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement
- Volume:
- 22
- Start page:
- 1
- End page:
- 24
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0812-7387.22.1995.120
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 16 August 1995
- Cover date:
- 16 August 1995
- ISBN:
- ISBN 0-7310-6412-7 (set), ISBN 0-7310-6413-5 (pt.1)
- ISSN:
- 0812-7387
- CODEN:
- RAMSEZ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA; NEW GUINEA
- Digitized:
- 07 May 2009
- Available online:
- 15 July 2009
- Reference number:
- 120
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (60kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1770kb PDF)
Abstract
Systematic collections have revealed that the Madang Lagoon is a highly heterogeneous reef system which shows an unprecedented diversity of marine invertebrates (e.g., about 180 species of gammaridean Amphipoda). The characteristics of the Madang Lagoon, including its geological origin, physical geography, and physical and biological oceanography, are described and discussed. Traditional names are used for the reefs and islands of the lagoon. An appendix includes a list of all current collecting localities for the Madang Lagoon amphipod project. Coordinates for these collecting localities have been determined using a global positioning device.