Selective mortality during the larval-juvenile transition in two coral reef fishes

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2452-2470

  Searcy, S P ^a   Sponaugle, S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef fishes; Critical period; Early life history traits; Growth mortality hypothesis; Halichoeres bivittatus; Juvenile growth; Labridae; Larval growth; Metamorphosis; Otoliths; Selective mortality; Thalassoma bifasciatum

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CORAL REEF; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY;

BARBADOS;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; HALICHOERES BIVITTATUS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LABRIDAE; PISCES; THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034789433     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2452:SMDTLJ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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