The effects of epibenthic communities on reef fishes in the northern gulf of mexico

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 360-367

  Redman, R A ^a   Szedlmayer, S T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Food limitation; Gray triggerfish; Recruitment; Red snapper; Reef fish

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL REEF; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; FOOD LIMITATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

BALISTES CAPRISCUS; LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS; PISCES; SERRANUS SUBLIGARIUS;

EID: 70349847290     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2009.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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