Patterns of recovery in catastrophically disturbed reef fish assemblages

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 383, Issue , 2009, Pages 261-272

  Halford, Andrew R ^a,c   Perret, Johan ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b EARTH University   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Coral spawning; Disturbance; Herbivores; Monitoring; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBIVORE; MIGRATION; MOBILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 67149090964     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07996     Document Type: Article

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