Replenishment of populations of Caribbean reef fishes: Are spatial patterns of recruitment consistent through time?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-71

  Tolimieri, N ^a   Sale, P F ^a   Nemeth, R S ^b   Gestring, K B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^c Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral reef fish; Recruitment; Spatial scale; Substrata; Temporal scale

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOFAUNA; RECRUITMENT; REEF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; FISH; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH); VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

EID: 0032533458     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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