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Oral Mini-Symposium 26: Biodiversity and Diversification of Reef Organisms<br />

26-66<br />

Species-Area Relationship in Damselfish Assemblages On Small Patch Reefs in A<br />

Shallow Shore Zone Of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan<br />

AKIHISA HATTORI* 1 , TAKURO SHIBUNO 2<br />

1 FACULTY OF EDUCATION, SHIGA UNIVERSITY, OTSU, Japan, 2 ISHIGAKI<br />

TROPICAL STATION, SEIKAI NATIONAL FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE,<br />

ISHIGAKI, Japan<br />

In assessment of habitat quality for resident reef fishes, patch reef based species-area<br />

relationship must be useful, because the area of a patch reef is crucial in receiving<br />

stochastic recruitment and settlement of the fishes. Species-area relationship (SPAR) of<br />

damselfishes was examined on 84 patch reefs in a small spatial scale (45.4 m2-0.05 m2)<br />

at a very shallow back reef (

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