Spatial and temporal variation in mortality of newly settled damselfish: Patterns, causes and co-variation with settlement

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 532-541

  Holbrook, Sally J ^a   Schmitt, Russell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dascyllus; Mortality; Patch dynamics; Recruitment; Settlement and post settlement processes

Indexed keywords

LAGOON; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MORTALITY; PATCH DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MOOREA; SOCIETY ISLANDS;

CHROMIS CHROMIS; DASCYLLUS; DASCYLLUS ARUANUS; DASCYLLUS FLAVICAUDUS; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 0013251443     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1220-9     Document Type: Article

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