Spatial and temporal variation in reef fish assemblages of marine parks in New South Wales, Australia - Baited video observations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 350, Issue , 2007, Pages 277-290

  Malcolm, Hamish A ^a,e   Gladstone, William ^b   Lindfield, Steven ^b   Wraith, James ^c   Lynch, Tim P ^d  

^a New South Wales Government Marine Parks Authority   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d Jervis Bay Marine Park   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baited remote underwater video stations; BRUVS; Marine protected area; Reef fish assemblage; Representativeness; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REEF; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK;

LABRIDAE; MONACANTHIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 37849029820     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07195     Document Type: Article

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