Fish distribution and ontogenetic habitat preferences in non-estuarine lagoons and adjacent reefs

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 76, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 191-210

  Gratwicke, Brian ^a,b   Petrovic, Clive ^c   Speight, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b National Fish and Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^c H Lavity Stoutt Community College   (Virgin Islands (British))

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Caribbean; GIS; Length frequency analysis; Mangrove; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; LAGOON; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REEF;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH);

ACANTHURUS BAHIANUS; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHAETODON STRIATUS; GERRES CINEREUS; GORGONACEA; HALICHOERES BIVITTATUS; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33748486001     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9021-8     Document Type: Review

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