The relationship between fish and reefscapes in the Alacranes Reef, Yucatan, Mexico: A preliminary trophic functioning analysis

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 275-286

  C Gonzalez Gandara C ^a,b   Membrillo Venegas, N ^a   Nunez Lara E ^a   Arias Gonzalez J E ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fish communities; Reefscapes; Trophic patterns

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO;

PALITHOA;

EID: 0342804313     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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