Spatial variation of reef fishes and the relative influence of biotic and abiotic habitat traits

Abstract Patterns of distribution of reef fishes were examined across three spatial scales and related to habitat traits along 25 km of the northern Portuguese coast. Response variables included the multivariate assemblage structure, the total number of taxa and individuals, and the abundance of sin...

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Main Authors: Iacopo Bertocci, I. Sousa-Pinto, P. Duarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Helgoland Marine Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s10152-017-0500-4