Resistance and resilience of a coral reef fish community to changes in coral cover

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 371, Issue , 2008, Pages 263-271

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coral reef fish; Coral reefs; Disturbance; Diversity; Habitat degradation; Resilience; Resistance; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD SURVEY; FISH; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; PERTURBATION; SKELETON;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MOOREA; MOOREA LAGOON; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 57849159112     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07690     Document Type: Article

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