Assemblage structure of butterflyfishes and their use as indicators of Gulf of Aqaba benthic habitat in Jordan

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Khalaf, Maroof ^a   Crosby, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b National Science Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterflyfish; Chaetodon austriacus; Chaetodon melannotus; Chaetodon paucifasciatus; Chaetodon trifascialis; Chaetodontidae; Coral reefs; Gulf of Aqaba; Indicator species

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE;

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

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; CHAETODON AUSTRIACUS; CHAETODON MELANNOTUS; CHAETODON PAUCIFASCIATUS; CHAETODON TRIFASCIALIS; CHAETODONTIDAE; HALOPHILA; JORDANIA; PANTODONTIDAE;

EID: 22744452801     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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