Seagrass structural complexity and landscape configuration as determinants of tropical fish assemblage composition

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 363, Issue , 2008, Pages 241-255

  Gullström, Martin ^a   Bodin, Maria ^b   Nilsson, Per G ^c   Öhman, Marcus C ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community patterns; Habitat complexity; Life stage; Seagrass fish; Seascape configuration; Spatial variability; Tropical embayment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; CORRELATION; DOMINANCE; FISH; MARINE PARK; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAGRASS; SPACE USE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ANTHOZOA; ENHALUS ACOROIDES; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII;

EID: 49449096210     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07427     Document Type: Article

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