Settlement and recruitment of three damselfish species: Larval delivery and competition for shelter space

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-86

  Schmitt, Russell J ^a   Holbrook, Sally J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Dascyllus; Post settlement processes; Recruitment; Settlement

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; RECRUITMENT; SHELTER;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

DASCYLLUS ARUANUS; DASCYLLUS FLAVICAUDUS; DASCYLLUS TRIMACULATUS;

EID: 0033053673     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050705     Document Type: Article

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