Conserving populations at low abundance: Delayed functional maturity and Allee effects in reproductive behaviour of the queen conch Strombus gigas

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 284, Issue , 2004, Pages 185-194

  Gascoigne, Joanna ^a,b   Lipcius, Romuald N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Depensation; Functional maturity; Inverse density dependence; Positive density dependence; Queen conch

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

GASTROPODA; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; STROMBIDAE; STROMBUS; STROMBUS GIGAS;

EID: 12344320536     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps284185     Document Type: Article

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