Effects of small-scale isolation and predation on fish diversity on experimental reefs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 289, Issue , 2005, Pages 273-283

  Belmaker, Jonathan ^a,b   Shashar, Nadav ^b,c   Ziv, Yaron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Artificial reef; Piscivores; Red Sea; Reef fish

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; CORAL REEF; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ISOLATION EFFECT; PREDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 18044366570     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps289273     Document Type: Article

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