Two levels of spacing and limits to local population density for settled larvae of the ascidian Clavelina moluccensis: A nearest-neighbour analysis

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 701-707

  Davis, Andrew R ^a   Campbell, D James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive interactions; Kin recognition; Marine invertebrates; Recruitment; Regular spacing

Indexed keywords

CLAVELINA MOLUCCENSIS;

COMPETITION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; REGULAR SPACING; SESSILE ORGANISM; SESSILE SPECIES; SETTLEMENT; SPACING BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0030445721     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00329045     Document Type: Article

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