Size at sex change in protogynous labroids, prey body size distributions, and apex predator densities at NW Hawaiian atolls

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 297, Issue , 2005, Pages 259-271

  DeMartini, Edward E ^a   Friedlander, Alan M ^b   Holzwarth, Stephani R ^c  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Apex predation; Labroids; NW Hawaiian Islands; Population density; Prey body size distribution; Protogynous sex change

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PROTOGYNY; SEX REVERSAL;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; CARANGIDAE; CARANX IGNOBILIS; CHLORURUS PERSPICILLATUS; LABRIDAE; PISCES; SCARIDAE; SPARISOMA CRETENSE;

EID: 24044529186     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps297259     Document Type: Article

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