Differences in fish assemblages from different reef habitats at Hamelin Bay, south-western Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-184

  Harman, Nicole ^a   Harvey, Euan S ^a   Kendrick, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fish diversity; Habitat; Marine protected areas; Substrate complexity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEXITY; GRANITE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LIMESTONE; REEF; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; BUBALUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CORIS AURICULARIS; ECKLONIA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; KYPHOSUS; KYPHOSUS SYDNEYANUS; ODAX CYANOMELAS; PARMA MCCULLOCHI; PARMA MICROLEPIS; PEMPHERIS;

EID: 0041861157     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF02040     Document Type: Article

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