Long-term comparison of the fish community in a Costa Rican rocky shore marine reserve

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 233-246

  Myers, Mark C ^a   Wagner, Jonathan ^b   Vaughan, Christopher ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Diversity; Fish assemblage; Ichthyofauna; Rocky reef; Smallscale marine reserves; Tropical eastern pacific; Tropical rocky shores; Visual survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; COSTA RICA; FISHES; POPULATION DENSITY;

ABUDEFDUF; ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS ATRILOBATA; HAEMULIDAE; LABRIDAE; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; STEGASTES; THALASSOMA LUCASANUM;

EID: 79952802372     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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