Predicting spatially explicit coral reef fish abundance, richness and Shannon-Weaver index from habitat characteristics

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-130

  Arias González, Jesús Ernesto ^a   Acosta González, Gilberto ^a   Membrillo, Néstor ^a   Garza Pérez, Joaquín Rodrigo ^b   Castro Pérez, J Manuel ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c Licenciatura en Biología Instituto Tecnológico de Chetumal   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Chinchorro Bank; Coral reefs; Diversity; Fish; GRASP; Mexico; Proxies; Reefscape; Spatial prediction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATOLL; BATHYMETRY; BENTHOS; COLONY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIVERSITY INDEX; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSAT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CHINCHORRO BANK BIOSPHERE RESERVE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; QUINTANA ROO;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 83655163781     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0169-y     Document Type: Article

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