Effects of substrata, resident conspecifics and damselfish on the settlement and recruitment of the stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-404

  Tolimieri, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral reef; Fish; Microhabitat; Post settlement; Pre settlement

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; CORAL REEF; FISH; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; RECRUITMENT; SUBSTRATE;

SAINT CROIX;

MONTASTREA ANNULARIS; PORITES PORITES; SPARISOMA VIRIDE;

EID: 0031735509     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007471805769     Document Type: Article

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