Yearly and inter-island variation in the recruitment dynamics of the bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum, Bloch)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 149-166

  Masterson, Colleen F ^a   Danilowicz, Bret S ^a   Sale, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Recruitment; Reef fish; Settlement; Spawning

Indexed keywords

CORAL;

ARTICLE; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SUMMER; VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH);

BLUEHEAD WRASSE; RECRUITMENT; REEF FISH; SETTLEMENT; SPAWNING;

VIRGIN ISLANDS;

THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM;

EID: 0030619608     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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