Relationships between recruitment and postrecruitment processes in lagoonal populations of two coral reef fishes

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-246

  Jones, G P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Damselfish; Dascyllus aruanas; Disruption; Growth; Mortality; Pomacentrus amboinensis; Recruitment; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

CORAL;

ARTICLE; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

HABITAT PREFERENCE; HABITAT SELECTION; LAGOONAL POPULATIONS; RECRUITMENT; REEF; REEF FISH; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

CORAL SEA, GREAT BARRIER REEF, ONE TREE LAGOON;

DASCYLLUS ARUANUS; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS;

EID: 0030619569     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02763-3     Document Type: Article

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