Post-settlement transition in coral reef fishes: Overlooked complexity in niche shifts

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 247-257

  McCormick, Mark I ^a   Makey, Leane J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex life history; Coral reef fish; Field study; Great Barrier Reef; Habitat shift; Metamorphosis; Recruitment; Settlement transition

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; NICHE SHIFT; REEF FISH; SETTLEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LIZARD ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; MICRODESMIDAE; MULLIDAE; MYXODAGNUS BELONE; PARUPENEUS BARBERINUS; PARUPENEUS MULTIFASCIATUS; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS; PTEROLEOTRIS; PTEROLEOTRIS EVIDES;

EID: 0030857178     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps153247     Document Type: Article

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