Condition and growth of reef fish at settlement: Is it important?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 258-264

  Mccormick, Mark I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth compensation; Individual quality; Metamorphosis; Recruitment; Reef fish; Selective predation; Settlement

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444389324     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00729.x     Document Type: Article

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