Effects of habitat on the settlement and post-settlement success of the ocean surgeonfish Acanthurus bahianus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 161, Issue , 1997, Pages 51-59

  Risk, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean Otohths; Coral reef fish; Growth; Habitat selection; Persistence; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; REEF FISH; SETTLEMENT; SUBSTATE PREFERENCE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

ST CROIX; TAGUE BAY; VIRGIN ISLANDS;

ACANTHURUS BAHIANUS; ACANTHURUS MONROVIAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; HALOPHILA; PERCIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 0031593008     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps161051     Document Type: Article

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