Fine-scale temporal and spatial patterns of larval supply to a fringing reef in Western Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 252, Issue , 2003, Pages 207-222

  McIlwain, J L ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Crest nets; Larval supply; Lunar periodicity; Ningaloo; Recruitment; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FRINGING REEF; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; RECRUITMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; APOGONIDAE; BLENNIOIDEI; GOBIIDAE; LABRIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; SOLEIDAE;

EID: 0037842211     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps252207     Document Type: Article

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