Importance of shallow-water biotopes of a Caribbean bay for juvenile coral reef fishes: Patterns in biotope association, community structure and spatial distribution

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 202, Issue , 2000, Pages 175-192

  Nagelkerken, I ^a   Dorenbosch, M ^a   Verberk, W C E P ^a   Cocheret de la Moriniere, E ^a   Van der Velde, G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community structure; Coral reef fish; Habitat association; Habitat complexity; Mangroves; Nursery; Seagrass beds

Indexed keywords

BIOTOPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; ICHTHYOFAUNA; JUVENILE; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CURACAO; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

EID: 0034726493     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps202175     Document Type: Article

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