On estimating diversity in species-rich fish assemblages: an example with coral-reef fishes of eastern Indonesia |
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| Authors: | M. Tokeshi,&dagger S. Arakaki,&dagger |
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| Affiliation: | AMBL-Kyushu University, Amakusa, Kumamoto 863-2507, Japan |
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| Abstract: | A new procedure for estimating fish species richness in open or semi-open habitats is presented with unpublished data on the coral-reef fish assemblages of Raja Ampat, eastern Indonesia, known as the centre of marine biodiversity in the western Pacific. |
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| Keywords: | biodiversity coral reefs fishes local assemblages species richness |
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