The inshore fish faunas over soft substrates and reefs on the tropical west coast of Australia differ and change with latitude and bioregion

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 148-169

  Travers, M J ^a,b   Potter, I C ^a   Clarke, K R ^c   Newman, S J ^d   Hutchins, J B ^e  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Fisheries   (United States)

^e Department of Ichthyology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioregion; Coral reefs; Habitat; Indonesian Throughflow; Inshore fish assemblages; Latitudinal gradient; North western Australia; Soft substrates; Species composition; Species ranges

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; FISH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; THROUGHFLOW; TRAWLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [NORTHERN CAPE]; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTHOZOA; CARANGIDAE; LEIOGNATHIDAE; LETHRINIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TERAPONTIDAE;

EID: 72549110285     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02183.x     Document Type: Article

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