Cross-scale Habitat Structure Drives Fish Body Size Distributions on Coral Reefs

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 478-490

  Nash, Kirsty L ^a   Graham, Nicholas A J ^a   Wilson, Shaun K ^b,c   Bellwood, David R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

algal dominated reef; coral dominated reef; reef degradation; rugosity; structural complexity; textural discontinuity hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABILITY;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84876341963     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9625-0     Document Type: Article

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