Short-term changes of fish assemblages observed in the near-pristine reefs of the Phoenix Islands

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 505-518

  Mangubhai, Sangeeta ^a,b   Strauch, Ayron M ^b   Obura, David O ^b,c   Stone, Gregory ^b,d   Rotjan, Randi D ^b  

^a IUCN Oceania Regional Office   (Fiji)

^b John H Prescott Marine Laboratory   (United States)

^c CORDIO East Africa ^*  (Kenya)

^d Global Marine Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaetodontidae; Climate change; Coral reef; Disturbance; Kiribati

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901187746     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-013-9327-5     Document Type: Article

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