Variation in the population biology of stripey bass Lutjanus carponotatus within and between two island groups on the Great Barrier Reef

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 243, Issue , 2002, Pages 191-207

  Kritzer, Jacob P ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Demography; Growth; Mortality; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; GROWTH; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LIZARD ISLAND; PALM ISLAND;

ANTHOZOA; LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS CARPONOTATUS; MICROCANTHUS STRIGATUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037073415     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps243191     Document Type: Article

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