Contrasting effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on coral-associated reef fishes

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1503-1512

  Bonin, Mary C ^a   Almany, Glenn R ^a   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora spp; Chrysiptera parasema; Competition; Coral degradation; Disturbance; Habitat fragmentation and loss; Kimbe Bay; Papua New Guinea; Predation; Recruitment; Relative effects; Species richness; Survival

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORAL REEF; DEMERSAL FISH; DISTURBANCE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAGNITUDE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; DEMOGRAPHY; FISHES; TIME FACTORS;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; CHRYSIPTERA PARASEMA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 79960444007     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0627.1     Document Type: Article

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