Effects of habitat connectivity on the abundance and species richness of coral reef fishes: Comparison of an experimental habitat established at a rocky reef flat and at a sandy sea bottom

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-196

  Nanami, Atsushi ^a,b   Nishihira, Moritaka ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous habitat; Coral reef fish assemblages; Field experiment; Isolated habitat; Rarefaction analysis; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONNECTIVITY; CORAL REEF; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 0345598940     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000003847.70485.bf     Document Type: Article

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