Nestedness of coral reef fish across a set of fringing reefs

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-67

  McLain, Denson Kelly ^a   Pratt, Ann E ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LABRIDAE; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; SCARIDAE;

EID: 0032916462     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546791     Document Type: Article

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