Habitat structure, disturbance and the composition of sand-dwelling goby assemblages in a coral reef lagoon

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 268, Issue , 2004, Pages 221-230

  Syms, Craig ^a,b   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Gobiidae; Habitat association; Lagoon; Soft sediment; Tropical fish

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LIZARD ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

AMBLYELEOTRIS; AMBLYGOBIUS; ANTHOZOA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CRYPTOCENTRUS; CTENOGOBIOPS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GOBIIDAE; OPLOPOMUS; PISCES; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS; SQUAMATA; TRYPAUCHENIDAE; VALENCIENNEA; VANDERHORSTIA;

EID: 1842473880     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps268221     Document Type: Article

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