Influence of habitat structure on fish assemblage of an artificial reef in southern Brazil

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 235-247

  Hackradt, Carlos Werner ^a,b   Félix Hackradt, Fabiana Cézar ^a,b   García Charton, José Antonio ^b  

^a Nautilus Research Institute for Biological Conservation   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Coastal zone; Habitat complexity; Marine fish; Refuge; Spatial categories

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEFS; HABITAT COMPLEXITY; MARINE FISH; REFUGE; SPATIAL CATEGORIES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; FORESTRY; MARINE BIOLOGY;

REEFS;

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL REEF; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER COLUMN;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER;

BRAZIL;

EID: 82755197168     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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