Distribution and factors influencing on structure of reef fish communities in Nha Trang Bay Marine Protected Area, South-Central Vietnam

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-324

  Van Nguyen, Long ^a   Kim Phan, Hoang ^a  

^a Institute of Oceanography   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Environmental factors; Fish assemblages; Spatial distribution and structure; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MARINE PARK; MARINE POLLUTION; NUTRITION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; NHA TRANG BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

ACANTHURIDAE; ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANTHOZOA; CHAETODONTIDAE; LABRIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; MONTIPORA; MULLIDAE; PISCES; POMACANTHIDAE; POMACENTRIDAE; SCARIDAE;

EID: 45749099286     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9293-7     Document Type: Article

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