Habitats as surrogates of taxonomic and functional fish assemblages in coral reef ecosystems: A critical analysis of factors driving effectiveness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  van Wynsberge, Simon ^a   Andréfouët, Serge ^a   Hamel, Mélanie A ^a,c   Kulbicki, Michel ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; EXPOSURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT USE; MARINE PROTECTION AREA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RARITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW CALEDONIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84864018953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040997     Document Type: Article

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