Interspecific competition controls abundance and habitat use of territorial caribbean damselfishes

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 885-899

  Robertson, D Ross ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral reef fish; Damselfish; Interspecific competition; Population limitation; Recruitment; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000236910     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265509     Document Type: Article

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