Larval dispersal reveals regional sources and sinks in the Great Barrier Reef

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 308, Issue , 2006, Pages 17-25

  Bode, Michael ^a,c   Bode, Lance ^a   Armsworth, Paul R ^b,d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Larval dispersal; Metapopulation dynamics; Source sink

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVAL TRANSPORT; METAPOPULATION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33644981807     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps308017     Document Type: Article

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