Citation: Costello, M.J. 1988 Rare amphipod species in Irish waters. Porcupine Marine Natural History Newsletter 4: 29-32
Number of Pages: 4
Volume Part: 2
Keywords: Amphipoda, Benthos, Biogeography, Checklist, Crustacea, Marine, Plankton, Sublittoral
Abstract: Paper discusses the various factors involved in the low numbers of occurrences of rare species in a habitat. These include sampling effort and scale, time of year, quality of taxonomic attention and natural causes of rarity. Examples are drawn from amphipod crustaceans in Irish waters.