Selective predation for low body condition at the larval-juvenile transition of a coral reef fish

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-29

  Hoey, Andrew S ^a   McCormick, Mark I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condition at settlement; Growth mortality hypothesis; Larval growth history; Metamorphosis; Selective mortality

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CORAL REEF; FISH; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BODY COMPOSITION; FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; PERCIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; POMACENTRUS; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS;

EID: 1942476634     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1489-3     Document Type: Article

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