Effects of predators on reef fishes: Separating cage artifacts from effects of predation

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-267

  Steele, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cage effects; Coryphopterus nicholsii; Exclosures; Lythrypnus dalli; Predation; Reef fish

Indexed keywords

CAGE/PREDATOR EFFECTS; CAGES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REEF FISH;

EID: 0030585390     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(96)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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