Changing patterns of microhabitat utilization by the threespot damselfish, stegastes planifrons, on caribbean reefs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Precht, William F ^a   Aronson, Richard B ^b   Moody, Ryan M ^c   Kaufman, Les ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^c DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; CAYMAN ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; FISH; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; JAMAICA; MARINE SPECIES; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STEGASTES PLANIFRONS; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ALGAE; ANNULARIS SPECIES COMPLEX; ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; POMACENTRIDAE; STEGASTES PLANIFRONS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORMES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956279878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010835     Document Type: Article

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