Reef fish community structure in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (Panamá): Living on a relatively stable rocky reef environment

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 287-305

  Dominici Arosemena, Arturo ^a   Wolff, Matthias ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distribution; Fish diversity; Rocky reef; Trophic groups; Tropical Eastern Pacific

Indexed keywords

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

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

ANTHOZOA; HAEMULIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LABRIDAE; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 33846170379     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-006-0045-4     Document Type: Article

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