Dependence of Caribbean reef fishes on mangroves and seagrass beds as nursery habitats: A comparison of fish faunas between bays with and without mangroves/seagrass beds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 214, Issue , 2001, Pages 225-235

  Nagelkerken, I ^a,b   Kleijnen, S ^a   Klop, T ^a   Van Den Brand, R A C J ^a   Cocheret De La Moriniere E ^a   Van Der Velde, G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coral reef fishes; Inland bays; Mangroves; Mud flats; Nursery; Seagrass beds

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOFAUNA; MANGROVE; NURSERY GROUND; SEAGRASS;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CHAETODON CAPISTRATUS; GERRES CINEREUS; HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM; HAEMULON PARRA; HAEMULON SCIURUS; HALOPHILA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LUTJANUS ANALIS; LUTJANUS APODUS; LUTJANUS GRISEUS; LUTJANUS MAHOGONI; OCYURUS CHRYSURUS; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCARUS ISERTI; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SPARISOMA CHRYSOPTERUM; SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA;

EID: 0035953413     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps214225     Document Type: Article

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