Influence of Palythoa caribaeorum (Anthozoa, Cnidaria) zonation on site-attached reef fishes

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 494-513

  Mendonça Neto, José P ^a   Ferreira, Carlos E L ^a   Chaves, Laís C T ^b   Pereira, Renato C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic covering; Habitat complexity; Reef fish community; Rocky shore; Zoanthid

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; PALYTHOA; PALYTHOA CARIBAEORUM; PISCES; ZOANTHIDAE;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER;

EID: 51749100645     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652008000300010     Document Type: Article

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