Community structure of fishes in Cabo Pulmo Reef, Gulf of California

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-262

  Alvarez Filip, Lorenzo ^a   Reyes Bonilla, Héctor ^b   Calderon Aguilera, Luis E ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bathymetric distribution; Cabo Pulmo; Community structure; Coral reef; Fish assemblages

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DIVERSITY INDEX; FISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; CABO PULMO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS ATRILOBATA; PISCES; THALASSOMA LUCASANUM;

EID: 33749365953     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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