Biotic and multi-scale abiotic controls of habitat quality: Their effect on coral-reef fishes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 437, Issue , 2011, Pages 201-214

  Harborne, Alastair R ^a,b   Mumby, Peter J ^b   Kennedy, Emma V ^a   Ferrari, Renata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic stress; Community ecology; Ecosystem degradation; Fish behaviour; Fish recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORAL REEF; DAMSELFLY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HOME RANGE; MICROHABITAT; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 80052877252     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09280     Document Type: Article

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