Influence of latitude, water depth, day v. night and wet v. dry periods on the species composition of reef fish communities in tropical Western Australia

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 987-1017

  Travers, M J ^a   Newman, S J ^b   Potter, I C ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Diel and period effects; Fish assemblages; Latitude; Water depth

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LATITUDE; REEF; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEPTH;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANNING BASIN; KIMBERLEY; NORTHERN CAPE; PILBARA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ABALISTES STELLATUS; ANTHOZOA; CARANGIDAE; CHOERODON CYANODUS; LETHRINIDAE; LETHRINUS; LETHRINUS ATKINSONI; LETHRINUS LATICAUDIS; LETHRINUS LENTJAN; LETHRINUS NEBULOSUS; LUTJANIDAE; LUTJANUS BITAENIATUS; LUTJANUS CARPONOTATUS; LUTJANUS JOHNII; LUTJANUS SEBAE; PENTAPODUS EMERYII; PISCES; SERRANIDAE; SIGANUS FUSCESCENS;

EID: 33748797457     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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