A non-native habitat-former mitigates native habitat loss for endemic reef fishes

Dataset relating to a study of non-native wakame kelp as habitat for endemic reef fishes on degraded urchin-grazed rocky reefs in Port Phillip Bay, Australia.
Additional information available in article: Luke T Barrett, Tim Dempster and Stephen E Swearer (In Press) A non-native habitat-former mitigates native habitat loss for endemic reef fishes. Ecological Applications.