Variations in mortality of a coral reef fish: Links with predator abundance

Marine Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 347-352

  Connell, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCHROMIS POLYACANTHUS; ANTHOZOA; POLYACANTHUS; POMACENTRIDAE;

MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; PREDATOR ABUNDANCE; PREDATORS; REEF FISH; SCALE;

EID: 0029660671     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00347459     Document Type: Article

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