Abiotic and biotic controls of cryptobenthic fish assemblages across a Caribbean seascape

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 977-990

  Harborne, A R ^a,b   Jelks, H L ^c   Smith Vaniz, W F ^d   Rocha, L A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Boosted regression trees; Damselfishes; Marine reserves; Piscivory; Rotenone; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BUNTER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEF; CRYPSIS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCIFORM; PISCIVORE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WAVE FIELD;

BUCK ISLAND; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 84869155242     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0938-4     Document Type: Article

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