Temporal density dependence and population regulation in a marine fish

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 623-628

  Webster, Michael S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Density dependence, temporal; Field experiment; Gramma loreto; Mortality, per capita rate; Population dynamics; Predation; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION;

ANTHOZOA; GRAMMA; GRAMMA LORETO; PISCES;

EID: 0041813312     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0623:TDDAPR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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