The structure of reef fish metapopulations: Modelling larval dispersal and retention patterns

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1505, 2002, Pages 2079-2086

  James, Maurice K ^a   Armsworth, Paul R ^a   Mason, Luciano B ^a   Bode, Lance ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Larval dispersal; Marine metapopulations; Marine resource management; Reef fishes; Self recruitment

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVAL TRANSPORT; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT; RETENTION;

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037159416     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2128     Document Type: Article

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