Scale of disturbance and the structure of a temperate fish guild

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 921-940

  Syms, Craig ^a,c   Jones, Geoffrey P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blennioids; Community structure; Direct disturbance; Edge effects; Fish removal; Habitat manipulation; Indirect disturbance; New Zealand, northeastern; Reef fish; Scale of disturbance

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GUILD STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SAMPLING;

ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0032895032     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0921:SODATS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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