Positive indirect effects in a coral reef fish community

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 549-557

  Webster, Michael S ^a   Almany, Glenn R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commensalism; Community ecology; Coral reef fish; Indirect effect; Indirect interaction; Predation; Recruitment; Settlement; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FISH; POST-SETTLEMENT PROCESS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; APOGONIDAE;

EID: 0036315731     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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