Natural history of Madang Lagoon with an appendix to collecting localities

Abstract

Systematic eolleetions 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, physieal geography, and physieal and biological oeeanography, are deseribed and diseussed. Traditional names are used for the reefs and islands of the lagoon. An appendix includes a list of all eurrent eolleeting loealities for the Madang Lagoon amphipod projeet. Coordinates for these collecting loealities have been determined using aglobai positioning deviee. JEBB, M.H.P. &