Differences in fish assemblage structures between fragmented and continuous seagrass beds in Trang, southern Thailand

Fisheries Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1409-1416

  Horinouchi, Masahiro ^a   Tongnunui, Prasert ^b   Nanjyo, Kusuto ^c   Nakamura, Yohei ^d   Sano, Mitsuhiko ^c   Ogawa, Hisao ^e  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SRIVIJAYA   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fish assemblage; Habitat fragmentation; Seagrass habitat; Thailand

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 76349096028     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-009-0166-1     Document Type: Article

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