Post-settlement movement of coral reef fishes and bias in survival estimates

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 65-74

  Frederick, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Coral reef fishes; Mortality; Movement; Recruitment; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEFS; DEMOGRAPHY; JUVENILES; POST-SETTLEMENT MOVEMENT; REEF FISH; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030618984     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps150065     Document Type: Article

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