Responses of temperate reef fishes to alterations in algal structure and species composition

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 37-47

  Levin, Phillip S ^a,b   Hay, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat structure; Macroalgae; North Carolina; Recruitment; Reef fish; Sargassum; South Atlantic Bight; Temperate reef

Indexed keywords

ALGAL STRUCTURE; HABITAT; REEF FISH; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TEMPERATE REEF;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA;

SARGASSUM;

EID: 0029668833     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps134037     Document Type: Article

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