Demography and age structures of coral reef damselfishes in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 212, Issue , 2001, Pages 223-232

  Meekan, M G ^a   Ackerman, J L ^a   Wellington, G M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Age; Coral reef fish; Demography; Growth; Otolith

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MORTALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; STEGASTES ACAPULCOENSIS; STEGASTES ARCIFRONS; STEGASTES FLAVILATUS; STEGASTES LEUCORUS; STEGASTES RECTIFRAENUM;

EID: 0035826073     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps212223     Document Type: Article

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