Effects of geomorphological zones, reefs and seasons on coral reef fish communities of Réunion Island, Mascarene Archipelago, SW Indian Ocean

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 697-709

  Letourneur, Yves ^a,b   Gaertner, Jean Claude ^a   Durbec, Jean Pierre ^a   Jessu, Marie E ^c  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c UMR CNRS 6117 LMGEM ^*  (France)

Author keywords

ecological guilds; fish communities; multitable analysis; seasonal effects; shallow reef flats; spatial stability; statistical distances

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FISH; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GUILD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

ANTHOZOA; EUCLIDIA;

EID: 41749108831     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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