Long-term increases in abundance of anemonefish and their host sea anemones in an Australian marine protected area

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-196

  Scott, Anna ^a   Malcolm, Hamish A ^b   Damiano, Cristiana ^a   Richardson, Darren L ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government Marine Parks Authority   (Australia)

^c BMT WBM Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actiniaria; habitat; marine park; Pomacentrid; rocky reef; subtropical

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUARIUM; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BLEACHING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVERTEBRATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; REEF; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTH SOLITARY ISLAND;

ACTINIARIA; AMPHIPRION; AMPHIPRION AKINDYNOS; ANEMONE; ENTACMAEA QUADRICOLOR; HETERACTIS CRISPA; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 79952169294     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10323     Document Type: Article

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