The influence of habitat complexity on reef fish communities in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-80

  Lingo, Mark E ^a   Szedlmayer, Stephen T ^b  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat complexity; Multidimensional scaling; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; FISH; HABITAT; REEF; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICA; DIPLECTRUM; HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM; LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS;

EID: 33746068980     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9009-4     Document Type: Article

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