Temporal comparison and predictors of fish species abundance and richness on undisturbed coral reef patches
Large disturbances can cause rapid degradation of coral reef communities, but what baseline changes in species assemblages occur on undisturbed reefs through time? We surveyed live coral cover, reef fish abundance and fish species richness in 1997 and again in 2007 on 47 fringing patch reefs of vary...
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| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2015-12-01
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| Series: | PeerJ |
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/1459.pdf |