Demographic plasticity in tropical reef fishes

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1039-1051

  Gust, N ^a,b   Choat, John H ^a   Ackerman, J L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY;

AUSTRALIA;

ACANTHURUS; ACANTHURUS LINEATUS; ANTHOZOA; CHLORURUS; CHLORURUS SORDIDUS; PISCES; SCARUS; SCARUS FRENATUS; SCARUS NIGER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036933808     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-001-0773-6     Document Type: Article

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