Assemblage structure and habitat associations of Western Caribbean gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-266

  Greenfield, David W ^a   Johnson, Robert K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; APOGONIDAE; BLENNIOIDEI; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0033532042     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447470     Document Type: Article

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