Shelters and their use by fishes on fringing coral reefs.

Coral reef fish density and species richness are often higher at sites with more structural complexity. This association may be due to greater availability of shelters, but surprisingly little is known about the size and density of shelters and their use by coral reef fishes. We quantified shelter a...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Ménard, Katrine Turgeon, Dominique G Roche, Sandra A Binning, Donald L Kramer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3380059?pdf=render