Interdecadal change in reef fish populations at French frigate shoals and midway atoll, northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Statistical power in retrospect

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 804-825

  DeMartini, E E ^a   Parrish, F A ^a   Parrish, J D ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM CHANGES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REEF FISH;

PACIFIC, HAWAII, FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS; PACIFIC, HAWAII, MIDWAY ATOLL;

EID: 0029770493     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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