Comparative analysis of rocky reef fish community structure in coastal Islands of South-Eastern Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 609-619

  De Carvalho Teixeira Chaves, Laís ^a   Monteiro Neto, Cassiano ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fish ecology; Habitat complexity; Rocky reefs; South eastern Brazil

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEXITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ISLAND; REEF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 69749111697     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408002695     Document Type: Article

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