Spatial variation in structure of an intertidal fish assemblage reflects daily settlement patterns

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 317, Issue , 2006, Pages 211-223

  Ritter, Amy F ^a   Preisler, Rikke K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Cottidae; Intertidal zone; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Settlement; Tidepool fishes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CLINOCOTTUS GLOBICEPS; COTTIDAE; OLIGOCOTTUS SNYDERI; PISCES;

EID: 33747587003     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps317211     Document Type: Article

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