The effects of interactions with reef residents on the settlement and subsequent persistence of ocean surgeonfish, Acanthurus bahianus

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-389

  Risk, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Coral reef fish; Life history; Stegastes leucostictus

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; OCEAN SURGEONFISH; PERSISTENCE; SETTLEMENT;

VIRGIN ISLANDS, ST CROIX, TAGUE BAY REEF;

EID: 0031945414     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007447308678     Document Type: Article

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