Predator and shelter-size effects on coral reef fish and spiny lobster prey

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 43-59

  Eggleston, David B ^a,d   Lipcius, Romuald N ^b,d   Grover, Jill J ^c,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Caribbean Marine Research Center   (Bahamas)

Author keywords

Coral reef fishes; Predation; Recruitment; Shelter scaling; Spiny lobster

Indexed keywords

NASSAU GROUPER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REEF COMMUNITIES; REEF COMMUNITY; REEF FISH; SHELTER SCALING; SPINY LOBSTER;

DECAPODA; EPINEPHELUS STRIATUS; PANULIRUS ARGUS;

EID: 0030619218     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps149043     Document Type: Article

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