Fish assemblages on artificial and natural reefs in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, USA

Coral Reefs

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-92

  Rooker, J R ^a   Dokken, Q R ^b   Pattengill, C V ^c   Holt, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; ARTIFICIAL REEFS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEFS; FISH ASSEMBLAGE; FISH COMMUNITIES; REEF FISH; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GULF OF MEXICO, FLOWER GARDEN BANKS;

CARANGIDAE; LABRIDAE; POMACENTRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 0030618728     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050062     Document Type: Article

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