Reef fish community structure on three islands of Itaipu, Southeast Brazil

We provide here the first assessment of the composition, abundance and distribution of rocky reef fishes of Itaipu Sound, Rio de Janeiro, off the southeastern Brazilian coast. Monthly visual censuses, benthic quadrats and chain link transects were conducted over one year on rocky reefs at three isla...

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Main Authors: José Policarpo de Mendonça-Neto, Cassiano Monteiro-Neto, Luiz Eduardo Moraes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252008000200015&lng=en&tlng=en