Reef fish structure and distribution in a south-western Atlantic Ocean tropical island

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1984-2006

  Pinheiro, H T ^a   Ferreira, C E L ^b   Joyeux, J C ^a   Santos, R G ^a   Horta, P A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Brazil; Conservation; Species richness; Trindade Island; Trophic guilds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ACANTHURUS BAHIANUS; ALGAE; CEPHALOPHOLIS FULVA; EPINEPHELUS ADSCENSIONIS; HOLOCENTRUS ADSCENSIONIS; KYPHOSUS; MELICHTHYS NIGER; PISCES; SPARISOMA;

EID: 83055176264     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03138.x     Document Type: Article

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