Local-scale patterns of larval settlement in a planktivorous damselfish - Do they predict recruitment?

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 449-463

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

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dascyllus; density dependence; habitat availability; postsettlement mortality; priority effects; reef fishes

Indexed keywords

LARVAL SETTLEMENT; REEF FISH; SPATIAL VARIATION;

FRENCH POLYNESIA, MOOREA; PACIFIC, FRENCH POLYNESIA, MOOREA;

ACTINIARIA; DASCYLLUS TRIMACULATUS;

EID: 0029662783     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF9960449     Document Type: Conference Paper

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