Fish density, diversity, and size-structure within multiple back reef habitats of key west national wildlife refuge

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-204

  Eggleston, David B ^a,c   Dahlgren, Craig P ^b   Johnson, Eric G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oceans Conservancy   (United States)

^c Caribbean Marine Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; REEF; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY; KEY WEST NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARGENTINA ELONGATA; ATHERINIDAE; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GERRES; GERRES CINEREUS; HAEMULIDAE; HAEMULON; HAEMULON SCIURUS; HALICHOERES; HALOPHILA; LUTJANIDAE; LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS GRISEUS; PISCES; POMACANTHUS; POMACANTHUS ARCUATUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SPHYRAENA; SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA;

EID: 7544227512     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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