Influence of seagrass leaf density and height on recruitment of the cardinalfish Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus in tropical seagrass beds: An experimental study using artificial seagrass units

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Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 192-198

  Nakamura, Yohei ^a   Horinouchi, Masahiro ^b   Sano, Mitsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus; Recruitment; Seagrass leaf density; Seagrass leaf height

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; FISH; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; RECRUITMENT; SEAGRASS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; IRIOMOTE; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; WORLD;

EID: 15044352188     PISSN: 05031540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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