Evidence of connectivity between juvenile and adult habitats for mobile marine fauna: An important component of nurseries

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 247, Issue , 2003, Pages 281-295

  Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^a   Able, Kenneth W ^b   Brown, Jennifer A ^c   Eggleston, David B ^d   Sheridan, Peter F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult habitat; Connectivity; Estuary; Movement; Nursery habitat; Open coast; Review; Spatial scale; Temporal scale

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; NURSERY GROUND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037418130     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps247281     Document Type: Review

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