Habitat complexity: Coral structural loss leads to fisheries declines

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Graham, Nicholas A J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERY; FOOD CHAIN;

ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN;

EID: 84899796323     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.069     Document Type: Short Survey

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