Settlement strategies and distribution patterns of coral-reef fishes

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-238

  Öhman, Marcus C ^a   Munday, Philip L ^b   Jones, Geoffrey P ^b   Caley, M Julian ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Habitat selection; Habitat structure; Juveniles; Larval fish; Pomacentridae

Indexed keywords

CORAL;

CORAL REEF; DAMSEL FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; REEF FISH; SETTLEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN;

AUSTRALIA, GREAT BARRIER REEF, LIZARD ISLAND;

CHROMIS VIRIDIS; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS; POMACENTRUS CHRYSURUS; POMACENTRUS COELESTIS; POMACENTRUS MOLUCCENSIS;

EID: 0031812978     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00224-4     Document Type: Article

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