Surf zone fishes in an exposed sandy beach at Sanrimatsubara, Japan: Does fish assemblage structure differ among microhabitats?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Inoue, Takashi ^a   Suda, Yusuke ^b   Sano, Mitsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FISHERIES UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

environmental variability; exposed sandy beach; fish assemblage; microhabitat; surf zone

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROHABITAT; ORDINATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SAND; SURF ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; JAPAN; KYUSHU; SANRIMATSUBARA;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; MYSIDA; PISCES;

EID: 39449102207     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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