Habitat correlates of the distribution and biomass of Seychelles' reef fishes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-25

  Jennings, Simon ^a   Boullé, David P ^b   Polunin, Nicholas V C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Seychelles Fishing Authority   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Chaetodon; Coral reef; Fishing effects; Parupeneus; Rocky reef; Scarus; Substrate

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISH HABITAT; FISHING EFFECTS; FISHING INTENSITY; HABITAT; REEF FISH;

INDIAN OCEAN, SEYCHELLES;

CHAETODON; PARUPENEUS; SCARUS;

EID: 0029751379     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00001693     Document Type: Article

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