Great Barrier Reef butterflyfish community structure: The role of shelf position and benthic community type

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 705-715

  Emslie, M J ^a   Pratchett, M S ^b   Cheal, A J ^a   Osborne, K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Benthic communities; Butterflyfish; Community structure; Distribution; Great Barrier Reef; Habitat; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; LARVA; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOFT CORAL; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA; ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; CHAETODON SEDENTARIUS; CHAETODONTIDAE;

EID: 77954860486     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0619-0     Document Type: Article

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