Nearshore patterns of coral reef fish larval supply to Barbados, West Indies

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 13-28

  Sponaugle, Su ^a   Cowen, Robert K ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean coral reef fishes; Larvae; Light traps; Lunar periodicity; Metamorphosis; Nearshore currents; Oceanography; Recruitment; Settlement; Tides

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEFS; FISH LARVAE; NEARSHORE CURRENTS; RECRUITMENT; SETTLEMENT;

WEST INDIES, BARBARDOS;

EID: 0029667210     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps133013     Document Type: Article

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