Patterns of microhabitat use by fishes in the Patch-Forming coral porites rus

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2007, Pages 245-254

  Brooks, Andrew J ^a   Holbrook, Sally J ^a   Schmitt, Russell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assemblage; Coral reef fishes; Microhabitat; Patch reef; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; PORITES RUS;

EID: 52049110852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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