Relationships between reef fish communities and remotely sensed rugosity measurements in Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-82

  Kuffner, Ilsa B ^a   Brock, John C ^a   Grober Dunsmore, Rikki ^b   Bonito, Victor E ^c   Hickey, T Donald ^a   Wright, C Wayne ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Votua Village   (Fiji)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef management; Habitat; Mapping; Marine protected areas; Remote sensing; Topographic complexity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AIRBORNE SURVEY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; PATCH DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 33845616398     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9078-4     Document Type: Article

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