Population regulation by post-settlement mortality in two temperate reef fishes

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-74

  Steele, Mark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence Population regulation; Open populations; Recruitment limitation; Reef fishes

Indexed keywords

BLACKEYE GOBY; BLUE-BANDED GOBY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MORTALITY; POPULATION REGULATION; POST-SETTLEMENT; RECRUITMENT; REEF FISH; SETTLEMENT;

CORYPHOPTERUS NICHOLSII; LYTHRYPNUS DALLI;

EID: 0030883290     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050284     Document Type: Article

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