Changes in coral reef communities and an associated reef fish species, Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacépède), after 30 years on Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 549, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 145-154

  Nagelkerken, I ^a   Vermonden, K ^a   Moraes, O C C ^b   Debrot, A O ^c   Nagelkerken, W P ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^d Maritime Museum Curaçao   (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral reef communities; Coral reef complexity; Coral reef degradation; Fish population structure; Serranidae

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; DEGRADATION; FISHERIES; POPULATION STATISTICS; STORMS;

CARIBBEAN; CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES; CORAL REEF COMPLEXITY; CORAL REEF DEGRADATION; FISH POPULATION STRUCTURE; SERRANIDAE;

BIODIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CURACAO; LESSER ANTILLES; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AGARICIA; ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; CEPHALOPHOLIS CRUENTATA; MONTASTRAEA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; SERRANIDAE; SIDERASTREA SIDEREA;

EID: 24144437748     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-5448-8     Document Type: Article

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