Equilibrial blenniid assemblages on offshore petroleum platforms

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-305

  Rauch, Tommy J ^a,b  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Morisita's index; Non equilibrium; Persistent; Tropical storm

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; EQUILIBRIUM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; OIL PLATFORM; PERSISTENCE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

BLENNIIDAE; BLENNIOIDEI; PARABLENNIUS; PARABLENNIUS MARMOREUS; SCARTELLA CRISTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344304473     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027392332549     Document Type: Article

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