Disturbance, habitat structure and the ecology of fishes on coral reefs

Austral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-297

  Jones, G P ^a   Syms, G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Coral reef; Disturbance; Habitat structure; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Resource limitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444387491     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00733.x     Document Type: Article

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