Food ration and condition affect early survival of the coral reef damselfish, Stegastes partitus

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 364-368

  Booth, David J ^a   Hixon, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition; Coral reef fish; Food ration; Post settlement mortality; Predation

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CORAL REEF; FOOD INTAKE; JUVENILE; PERCID; SURVIVORSHIP;

BAHAMAS;

STEGASTES PARTITUS;

EID: 0032714549     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050940     Document Type: Article

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