Fish aggregation results in inversely density-dependent predation on continuous coral reefs

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1520-1530

  Sandin, Stuart A ^a,b   Pacala, Stephen W ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromis cyanea; Continuous reef; Inverse density dependence; Predation; Video census

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CORAL REEF; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CYANEA;

EID: 20444391343     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0654     Document Type: Article

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