Reef fish community structure of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (Equatorial Western Atlantic): The influence of exposure and benthic composition

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-40

  Krajewski, João Paulo ^a,b   Floeter, Sergio R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Fish abundance; Fish biomass; Oceanic island; Trophic groups

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; ARCHIPELAGO; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DOMINANCE; FISH; GENERALIST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; INVERTEBRATE; OMNIVORY; PLANKTIVORE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); BRAZIL; FERNANDO DE NORONHA; PERNAMBUCO;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 80051705867     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9813-3     Document Type: Article

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