Early life history traits and recruitment patterns of Caribbean wrasses (Labridae)

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-202

  Sponaugle, Su ^a   Cowen, Robert K ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbados; Bodianus; Caribbean; Coral reef fishes; Delay of; Early life history; Halichoeres; Larval duration; Lunar synchrony; Metamorphosis; Otoliths; Thalassoma; Tidal synchrony; Tides

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; BODIANUS; BODIANUS RUFUS; HALICHOERES; HALICHOERES BIVITTATUS; HALICHOERES GARNOTI; HALICHOERES MACULIPINNA; HALICHOERES PICTUS; HALICHOERES POEYI; HALICHOERES RADIATUS; LABRIDAE; MONTASTRAEA; PISCES; THALASSOMA; THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EARLY TRAITS; FISH JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; RECRUITMENT; REEF FISH;

BARBADOS;

EID: 0031404010     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1997)067[0177:ELHTAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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