Experimental effect of cold, La Niña temperatures on the survival of reef fishes from Gorgona Island (eastern Pacific Ocean)

Marine Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 789-793

  Mora, Camilo ^a,b   Ospina, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; ICHTHYOFAUNA; REEF; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EUCINOSTOMUS; EUCINOSTOMUS GRACILIS; PISCES; THALASSOMA;

EID: 0036937298     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0862-1     Document Type: Article

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