Horizontal gradient in fish assemblage structures in and around a seagrass habitat: Some implications for seagrass habitat conservation

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-125

  Horinouchi, Masahiro ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Core; Edge; Gap; Seagrass fish assemblage structure

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 67349083533     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-008-0070-1     Document Type: Article

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