Predictability of reef fish diversity and abundance using remote sensing data in Diego Garcia (Chagos Archipelago)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 167-178

  Purkis, S J ^a   Graham, N A J ^b   Riegl, B M ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chagos; Fish species richness; Habitat complexity; Ikonos Satellite; Monte Carlo simulation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPLEXITY; FISH; HETEROGENEITY; IKONOS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY; CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO; DIEGO GARCIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 38649130972     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-007-0306-y     Document Type: Article

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