Depth, bay position and habitat structure as determinants of coral reef fish distributions: Are deep reefs a potential refuge?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 561, Issue , 2016, Pages 217-231

  MacDonald, Chancey ^a   Bridge, Tom C L ^a,b   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral habitat availability; Depth distributions; Depth refuge; Environmental gradients; Fish habitat relationships; Reef fishes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

KIMBE BAY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WEST NEW BRITAIN;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 85006484030     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11953     Document Type: Article

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