Detecting regional variation using meta-analysis and large-scale sampling: Latitudinal patterns in recruitment

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 436-451

  Hughes, T P ^a,b,c   Baird, A H ^a,b,c   Dinsdale, E A ^a,b,c   Harriott, V J ^a,b,c   Moltschaniwskyj, N A ^a,b,c   Pratchett, M S ^a,b,c   Tanner, J E ^a,b,c   Willis, B L ^a,b,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Great Barrier Reef; Larvae; Meta analysis; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

CORAL; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0036162578     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0436:DRVUMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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