Movements of fishes within and among fringing coral reefs in Barbados

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-24

  Chapman, Matthew R ^a   Kramer, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barbados Marine Reserve; Marine protected area; Reef fish mobility; Spillover; Tagging

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

ACANTHURUS BAHIANUS; ACANTHURUS COERULEUS; ACANTHURUS MONROVIAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CANTHERHINES PULLUS; CARANX LATUS; CARANX RUBER; CHAETODON STRIATUS; HOLOCANTHUS; HOLOCANTHUS TRICOLOR; PANTODONTIDAE; PISCES; PULLUS; SPARISOMA CRETENSE; SPARISOMA VIRIDE;

EID: 0033980587     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004545724503     Document Type: Article

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