Abundance and distribution of nocturnal fishes over a coral reef during the night

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 342, Issue , 2007, Pages 205-215

  Holzman, Roi ^a,b,c   Ohavia, Moty ^a   Vaknin, Royi ^a,b   Genin, Amatzia ^a,b  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef fishes; Fish community; Nocturnal ascent; Nocturnal zooplanktivory; Photogrammetry

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; FISH; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PLANKTIVORY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT; SITE FIDELITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; EILAT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 34548140628     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps342205     Document Type: Article

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