Parasitism and a shortage of refuges jointly mediate the strength of density dependence in a reef fish

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1110-1115

  Forrester, Graham E ^a   Finley, Rachel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridled goby; Competition; Coral reefs; Coryphopterus glaucofraenum; Density dependence; Emerging diseases; Fishes; Mark recapture; Mortality; Parasites; Predation; Refuges

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; FISH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; PARASITISM; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REEF; REFUGE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH RATE; COPEPOD; ENVIRONMENT; FISH DISEASE; GILL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIRTH RATE; COPEPODA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANTHOZOA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; COPEPODA; CORYPHOPTERUS GLAUCOFRAENUM; GOBIIDAE; GOBIONELLUS STIGMATICUS; PISCES;

EID: 33646723232     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1110:PAASOR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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