caa a22 4500 477115829 CHVBK 20180405111622.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00005214 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00005214 Variation in reef associated assemblages of the Lutjanidae and Lethrinidae at different distances offshore in the central Great Barrier Reef [Elektronische Daten] [Stephen Newman, David Williams] Synopsis: Fish traps were used to quantify the distribution and abundance of the Lutjanidae and Lethrinidae on reefs across the central Great Barrier Reef. The assemblages of fishes on inshore reefs were distinctive from those on midshelf and outershelf reefs. There were significantly fewer individuals of the Lutjanidae and Lethrinidae inshore and all species examined displayed significant cross-shelf changes in abundance. These significant cross shelf changes in abundance were due to an absence or low abundance of individuals of a species at one or more cross shelf locations, with many species present in only one location on the continental shelf. The genera Aprion, Lutjanus, Macolor, Symphorichthys, Symphorus, Gnathodentex, Gymnocranius, Lethrinus and Monotaxis were all characteristic of the shallow shelf waters less than 100 m. In contrast, species of the genera Paracaesio, Pristipomoides and Wattsia were characteristic of the intermediate depths (100-200 m) and the deeper outer reef slope waters in excess of 200 m were characterised by species of the genus Etelis. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Snappers nationallicence Emperors nationallicence Fish traps nationallicence Demersal reef fish nationallicence Cross-shelf nationallicence Newman Stephen Australian Institute of Marine Science, P.M.B. No. 3, 4810, Townsville, M.C. Queensland, Australia aut Williams David Australian Institute of Marine Science, P.M.B. No. 3, 4810, Townsville, M.C. Queensland, Australia aut Environmental Biology of Fishes Kluwer Academic Publishers 46/2(1996-06-01), 123-138 0378-1909 46:2<123 1996 46 10641 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005214 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005214 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Newman Stephen Australian Institute of Marine Science, P.M.B. No. 3, 4810, Townsville, M.C. Queensland, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Williams David Australian Institute of Marine Science, P.M.B. No. 3, 4810, Townsville, M.C. Queensland, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Biology of Fishes Kluwer Academic Publishers 46/2(1996-06-01), 123-138 0378-1909 46:2<123 1996 46 10641 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer