Settlement preferences in coral-reef fishes: Effects on patterns of adult and juvenile distributions, individual fitness and population structure

Austral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 274-279

  Booth, David J ^a   Wellington, Gerard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Houston ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Coral reef fish; Distribution; Fitness; Larval supply; Settlement preferences; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444408967     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00731.x     Document Type: Article

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