The natural history of a monogamous coral-reef fish, Valenciennea strigata (Gobiidae): 1. Abundance, growth, survival and predation

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-246

  Reavis, Robert H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

equilibrium nonequilibrium processes; mate guarding; mating system; monogamy; population ecology; recruitment

Indexed keywords

VALENCIENNEA STRIGATA;

GROWTH; MONOGAMY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; REEF FISH;

EID: 0030618187     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007372725701     Document Type: Article

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