Community structure of reef fishes on a remote oceanic island (St Peter and St Paul's Archipelago, equatorial Atlantic): The relative influence of abiotic and biotic variables

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 739-749

  Luiz, Osmar J ^a   Mendes, Thiago C ^b   Barneche, Diego R ^a   Ferreira, Carlos G W ^c   Noguchi, Ramon ^d   Villaça, Roberto C ^b   Rangel, Carlos A ^c   Gasparini, João L ^e   Ferreira, Carlos E L ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Oceanografia Instituto de Estudos Do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira ^*  (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

depth; functional groups; isolation; low species richness.

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ARCHIPELAGO; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPTH; DISTURBANCE; ENDEMISM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; ISOLATION EFFECT; REEF; SPECIES RICHNESS; VULNERABILITY;

PERNAMBUCO; SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL ROCKS;

PISCES;

EID: 84936801234     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF14150     Document Type: Article

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