Effects of a predatory fish on the recruitment and abundance of Caribbean coral reef fishes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 11-21

  Beets, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Caribbean; Coral reef fishes; Predation; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; REEF FISH; SQUIRRELFISH;

VIRGIN ISLANDS;

HAEMULON; HOLOCENTRUS ADSCENSIONIS;

EID: 0030617760     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps148011     Document Type: Article

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