Effects of a marine reserve on recruitment of grunts (Pisces: Haemulidae) at Barbados, West Indies

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 53-63

  Tupper, Mark ^a,b   Juanes, Francis ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Barbados)

^b School for Field Studies   (Turks and Caicos Islands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Predation; Priority effects; Reef fish; Settlement; Source sink dynamics; Survival

Indexed keywords

NATURE RESERVE; PISCIVORE; RECRUITMENT; SIZE EFFECT;

BARBADOS;

ANTHOZOA; HAEMULIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0032970299     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007516831826     Document Type: Conference Paper

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