Long-term effects of the 1998 coral bleaching event on reef fish assemblages

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 315, Issue , 2006, Pages 237-247

  Garpe, Kajsa C ^a   Yahya, Saleh A S ^a,b   Lindahl, Ulf ^a   Öhman, Marcus C ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Coral degradation; Corallivores; Disturbance; Global warming; Habitat structure; Herbivores; Multivariate analyses

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISH; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33746046432     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps315237     Document Type: Article

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