Do non-estuarine mangroves harbour higher densities of juvenile fish than adjacent shallow-water and coral reef habitats in Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles)?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 245, Issue , 2002, Pages 191-204

  Nagelkerken, I ^a,b   Van Der Velde, G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coral reef depth zones; Coral reef fish; Habitat utilisation; Mangroves; Ontogenetic shifts; Seagrass beds

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; HABITAT USE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; JUVENILE; MANGROVE; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

CURACAO; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; SPANISH WATER BAY;

ANTHOZOA; HALOPHILA; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0037132714     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps245191     Document Type: Article

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