Effects of Reef Proximity on the Structure of Fish Assemblages of Unconsolidated Substrata

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Schultz, Arthur L ^a   Malcolm, Hamish A ^b   Bucher, Daniel J ^a   Smith, Stephen D A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; ATYPICHTHYS STRIGATUS; AUSTRALIA; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PAGRUS AURATUS; PLATYCEPHALUS LONGISPINIS; SEDIMENT; SILLAGO CILIATA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84869236318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049437     Document Type: Article

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