Ecology: Community structure of corals and reef fishes at multiple scales

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5739, 2005, Pages 1363-1365

  Connolly, Sean R ^a   Hughes, Terry P ^a   Belwood, David R ^a   Karlson, Ronald H ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CORALS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; REEF FISHES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 23944462473     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1113281     Document Type: Article

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