Relationships between habitat and recruitment of three species of damselfish (Pomacentridae) at Heron Reef, Great Barrier Reef

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-166

  Ault, T R ^a   Johnson, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Habitat utilisation; Larval supply; Microhabitat structure; Pomacentrus; Post settlement mortality; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; MICROHABITAT USE; RECRUITMENT; REEF FISH;

ARTICLE; FISH; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY;

AUSTRALIA, GREAT BARRIER REEF, HERON REEF;

POMACENTRUS ABMOINENSIS; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS; POMACENTRUS MOLUCCENSIS; POMACENTRUS WARDI;

EID: 0031922721     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00158-5     Document Type: Article

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