Diversity in coral reef fish communities: The effects of habitat patchiness revisited

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 227, Issue , 2002, Pages 87-96

  Acosta, Charles A ^a   Robertson, Denice N ^a  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Coral reef fish; Nestedness; Patchiness; Sloss; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PATCHINESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BELIZE; GLOVERS REEF;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0037070094     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps227087     Document Type: Article

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