Relationships between latitude and environmental conditions and the species richness, abundance and composition of tropical fish assemblages over soft substrata

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 446, Issue , 2012, Pages 221-241

  Travers, Michael J ^a,b,c   Potter, Ian C ^a   Clarke, K Robert ^a,d   Newman, Stephen J ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioregions; Cyclonic effects; Ichthyofaunal characteristics; Mangroves; Productivity; Season (wet vs. dry); Tropical north western Australia; Water depth

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYCLONE; DATA SET; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT TYPE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LATITUDE; MANGROVE; NURSERY GROUND; SEASONALITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE; TRAWLING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84857274067     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09501     Document Type: Article

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