Depth and reef profile: Effects on the distribution and abundance of coral reef fishes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1373-1386

  Jankowski, M W ^a   Gardiner, N R ^a   Jones, G P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Depth distribution; Reef fish community; Reef fish ecology; Reef profile

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENCRUSTING ORGANISM; FISH; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH;

KIMBE BAY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WEST NEW BRITAIN;

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS DELTA; PISCES;

EID: 84938077937     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-014-0365-1     Document Type: Article

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