Community structure of fishes and habitat complexity on a tropical rocky shore

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 353-369

  Ferreira, Carlos E L ^a   Goncçalves, José E A ^a   Coutinho, Ricardo ^a  

^a Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic organisms; Brazilian coast; Feeding niches; Fish diversity and richness; Impacts; Reef fish; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ROCKY SHORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; SARGASSUM; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 0034808873     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011609617330     Document Type: Article

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