Variability in recruitment of coral reef fishes: The importance of habitat at two spatial scales

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2488-2504

  Caselle, Jennifer E ^a   Warner, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef fishes; Larval availability; Microhabitat; Recruitment variability; Saint croix; Spatial scale; Thalassoma bifasciatum; U.S. Virgin Islands

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CHRISTIA; PISCES; THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; RECRUITMENT; REEF FISH; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

VIRGIN ISLANDS, ST CROIX;

EID: 0030418304     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265748     Document Type: Article

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