Appraisal of visual assessments of habitat complexity and benthic composition on coral reefs

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1069-1076

  Wilson, S K ^a,b   Graham, N A J ^a   Polunin, N V C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BENTHOS; COMPLEXITY; CORAL REEF; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34248138611     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0538-3     Document Type: Article

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