Spatio-temporal patterns in the diversity of demersal fish communities off the south coast of South Africa

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-281

  Yemane, Dawit ^a,b   Field, John G ^a   Leslie, Rob W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Marine and Coastal Management ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DEMERSAL FISH; RELATEDNESS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77949270849     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1314-y     Document Type: Article

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