Realm: Marine
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate shelf and seas ecoregions Central latitude: 29.533333
Central longitude: 34.966666
Duration: 5 years, from 2003 to 2007
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate shelf and seas ecoregions Central latitude: 29.533333
Central longitude: 34.966666
Duration: 5 years, from 2003 to 2007
858 records
67 distinct species
Across the time series Oxycheilinus mentalis is the most frequently occurring speciesMethods
Visual censuses of fish assemblages were carried out quarterly (usually in the last 2 weeks of January, April, July and October) for the entire duration of the study (2003–2007; for a total of 20 censuses on each AR). Surveys were always performed between 6:00 and 8:00. Due to the depth of the ARs (>20 m) we did not consider tidal phases. All surveys were conducted by a single diver (J.B.) with extensive training in under water fish identification, including small and cryptic species (Belmaker et al. 2007, 2008; Belmaker 2009). All fishes that swam within a distance of 0.5 m from the ARs were recorded, i.e., we did not have a minimal size criterion. Only three out of the 67 observed species could not be indentified to species level (Supplementary material, Appendix). The survey of each AR was terminated when a new species was not detected for at least 1 min. [Extracted from Belmaker et al 2011].Citation(s)
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