Effects of tourist visitation and supplementary feeding on fish assemblage composition on a tropical reef in the Southwestern Atlantic

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 651-656

  Di Iulio Ilarri, Martina ^a   De Souza, Allan Tainá ^a   De Medeiros, Paulo Roberto ^a   Grempel, Renato Grotta ^a   De Lucena Rosa, Ierecê Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abudefduf saxatilis; Fish behavior; Human impact; Northeastern Brazil; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ABUDEFDUF SAXATILIS;

EID: 58049156692     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252008000400014     Document Type: Article

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