Community structure and ecology of butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) in the Gulf of Aqaba (northern Red Sea)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Brokovich, E ^a,b   Baranes, A ^a,b  

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

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biomass; Butterflyfish; Coral reef fish; Habitat parameters; Monitoring; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; HABITAT;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; CHAETODON AURIGA; CHAETODONTIDAE; HENIOCHUS DIPHREUTES; PANTODONTIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 22744442272     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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