Biogeographic patterns of reef fish community structure in the northeastern Arabian Peninsula

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1875-1883

  Burt, John A ^a   Feary, David A ^b,c   Bauman, Andrew G ^b,d   Usseglio, Paolo ^b,e   Cavalcante, Georgenes H ^b,f   Sale, Peter F ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b United Nations University Institute for Water   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f Fujairah Municipality   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; biogeography; Gulf of Oman; Persian Gulf; reef fish; zoogeography

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTIVORE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80051961866     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr129     Document Type: Article

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