Microhabitats and ecomorphology of coral- and coral rock-associated gobiid fish (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in the northern Red Sea

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 82-94

  Herler, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Gobiidae; Habitat associations; Morphometrics; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; ECOMORPHOLOGY; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOMETRY; TELEOST; WATER DEPTH;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; CIRRIPATHES; EVIOTA; GOBIIDAE; GOBIODON; MILLEPORA DICHOTOMA; PARAGOBIODON; PARAGOBIODON ECHINOCEPHALUS; PRIOLEPIS; SCLERACTINIA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 34548804437     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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