Ecological and morphological traits predict depth-generalist fishes on coral reefs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1823, 2016, Pages

  Bridge, Tom C L ^a,b   Luiz, Osmar J ^c   Coleman, Richard R ^d   Kane, Corinne N ^e   Kosaki, Randall K ^f  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Caudal fin; Depth range; Environmental filtering; Mesophotic; Trophic guild

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; BIOMONITORING; CORAL REEF; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GUILD; HABITAT SELECTION; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MORPHOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; TAXONOMY; WAVE ENERGY;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES;

EID: 84955614605     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2332     Document Type: Article

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