Extreme Physical Factors and the Structure of Gulf Fish and Reef Communities

Coral Reefs of the World

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 163-170

  Feary, David A ^a   Burt, John A ^b   Cavalcante, Georgenes H ^c   Bauman, Andrew G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Fujairah Municipality   (United Arab Emirates)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral Community; Coral Reef; Fish Community; Reef Community; Reef Fish

Indexed keywords

EID: 85199437913     PISSN: 2213719X     EISSN: 22137203     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3008-3_9     Document Type: Chapter

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