Towards a reefscape ecology: Relating biomass and trophic structure of fish assemblages to habitat at Davies Reef, Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 320, Issue , 2006, Pages 29-41

  Arias Gonzalez J E ^a   Done, T J ^b   Page, C A ^b   Cheal, A J ^b   Kininmonth, S ^b   Garza Perez J R ^a,c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomass; Complexity; Coral reef fishes; Great Barrier Reef; Reef habitat; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; DAVIES REEF; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 33749373011     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps320029     Document Type: Article

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