Comparison of the development of coral and fish communities on rock-aggregated artificial reefs in Eilat, Red Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Abelson, Avigdor ^a   Shlesinger, Yehiam ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Section of Environment   (Israel)

Author keywords

Artificial reef; Complexity; Coral reefs; Fractal dimensions; Recreational diving; Red Sea; Reef fish; Stony corals

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

RED SEA;

ANTHOZOA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0036803503     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2002.1210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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