Environmental influences on larval duration, growth and magnitude of settlement of a coral reef fish

Marine Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-300

  Bergenius, Mikaela A J ^a   McCormick, Mark I ^a   Meekan, Mark G ^b   Robertson, D Ross ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL SETTLEMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SAN BLAS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACANTHURUS CHIRURGUS; ACANTHURUS MONROVIAE; ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 20944433874     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-1575-z     Document Type: Article

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