Beetles, Beach Drift, and Island Biogeography

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Abstract
Thirty-one families of beetles were collected in Dec. 1974 in beach drift near Gerroa, New South Wales, Australia. The taxonomic composition of the beetles in the beach drift was neither entirely representative of, nor proportional to, that of the adjacent forest beetle fauna but more closely resembled oceanic island faunas. Comparisons are made with the fauna of the Samoan and Hawaiian Islands [USA]. Inferences are made on the usefulness of beach-drift studies as a method that can assist in determining long-distance chance dispersal.

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