Reef fish community structure on coastal islands of the southeastern Brazil: The influence of exposure and benthic cover

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-160

  Floeter, Sergio R ^a,b   Krohling, Werther ^a   Gasparini, João Luiz ^c   Ferreira, Carlos E L ^d   Zalmon, Ilana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Feeding behavior; Reef fish; Rocky shore; Wave exposure gradient

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; TERRITORY; WATER WAVE;

BRAZIL; ESPIRITO SANTO; GUARAPARI; SOUTH AMERICA;

ABUDEFDUF; ACANTHURUS; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BLENNIIDAE; CARANX; CHAETODON STRIATUS; CHROMIS; DIPLODUS; HAEMULON; HALICHOERES POEYI; HOLOCENTRUS; INVERTEBRATA; LABRIDAE; LABRISOMIDAE; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 33846157415     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9084-6     Document Type: Article

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