Does disturbance affect the structure of tropical fish assemblages? A test using null models

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 623-629

  Bhat, A ^a   Magurran, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C score; Co occurrence; Disturbance; Fish assemblage; Null models; Randomness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846817034     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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