Population shifts in two competing fish species on a degrading coral reef

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 51-58

  Clarke, Raymond D ^a  

^a SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Carrying capacity; Competition; Microhabitat; Recruitment limitation; Storms

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; HABITAT DEGRADATION; MICROHABITAT; MICROHABITATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REEF FISH; ROUGHHEAD BLENNY; SPINYHEAD BLENNY;

VIRGIN ISLANDS, ST CROIX; WEST INDIES, LESSER ANTILLES, VIRGIN ISLANDS, ST CROIX;

ACANTHEMBLEMARIA SPINOSA; ACROPORA PALMATA;

EID: 0029669521     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137051     Document Type: Article

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