Non-random reef use by fishes at two dominant zones in a tropical, algal-dominated coastal reef

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-246

  Medeiros, Paulo R ^a   Grempel, Renato G ^b   Souza, Allan T ^c   Ilarri, Martina I ^c   Rosa, Ricardo S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Algae; Brazil; Coral; Southwestern Atlantic; Spatial distribution; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; CORAL REEF; FISH; GUILD STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 77949653650     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9593-1     Document Type: Article

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