Appropriate spatial scales for studies of reef-fish ecology

Austral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 202-208

  Sale, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Fish; Metapopulation; Patchiness; Reef fish ecology; Scale dependence; Spatial scale; Survey design

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444417522     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00721.x     Document Type: Article

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