Pacific coral-reef fishes: The implications of behaviour and ecology of larvae for biodiversity and conservation, and a reassessment of the open population paradigm

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 199-208

  Leis, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a Ichthyology/Ctr for Biodiversity   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal; Fish populations; Management; Marine protected areas; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Settlement

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LARVAL TRANSPORT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 0036790159     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020096720543     Document Type: Article

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