Abundance and diversity of anemonefishes and their host sea anemones at two mesophotic sites on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1057-1062

  Bridge, T ^a   Scott, A ^b   Steinberg, D ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphiprion; Autonomous underwater vehicle; Depth range; Entacmaea quadricolor; Heteractis crispa; Mesophotic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; DENSITY; FISH; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HOST PREFERENCE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACTINIARIA; AMPHIPRION; AMPHIPRION AKINDYNOS; AMPHIPRION PERIDERAION; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; ENTACMAEA QUADRICOLOR; HETERACTIS CRISPA; VIPERINAE;

EID: 84869189367     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0916-x     Document Type: Article

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