Eastern Pacific reef fish responses to coral recovery following El Niño disturbances

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 495, Issue , 2014, Pages 233-247

  Glynn, P W ^a   Enochs, I C ^a   Afflerbach, J A ^a,b   Brandtneris, V W ^a,c   Serafy, J E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^d SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o disturbances; Reef fish community responses

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; EL NINO; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HERBIVORE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PISCIVORE; PLANKTIVORE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WATERSHED;

COIBA NATIONAL PARK; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; VERAGUAS;

EID: 84892382336     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10594     Document Type: Article

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