Biological diversity of fish communities: Pattern and process

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1393-1412

  Magurran, A E ^a   Khachonpisitsak, S ^a   Ahmad, A B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Assemblage; Community capacity; Core species; Dispersal; Evenness; Species abundance distributions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; MALAYSIA; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHES; MALAYSIA; THAILAND;

PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 82955233082     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03091.x     Document Type: Article

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