Structure of mesophotic reef fish assemblages in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Fukunaga, Atsuko ^a   Kosaki, Randall K ^a   Wagner, Daniel ^a   Kane, Corinne ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HERBIVORE; PLANKTIVORE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGY; HAWAII; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; HAWAII; ISLANDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84978069646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157861     Document Type: Article

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