Susceptibility of butterflyfish to habitat disturbance: Do ‘chaets’ ever prosper?

Biology of Butterflyfishes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 226-245

  Wilson, Shaun K ^a   Graham, Nicholas A J ^b   Pratchett, Morgan S ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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