Ontogenetic shifts in microhabitat preference of the temperate reef fish Forsterygion lapillum: Implications for population limitation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 320, Issue , 2006, Pages 259-266

  McDermott, Christopher J ^a   Shima, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Choice chamber; Forsterygion lapillum; Habitat preference; Ontogenetic shift; Population bottleneck; Population limitation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROWN ALGA; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; ONTOGENY; RECRUITMENT; REEF; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

CYSTOPHORA (PHAEOPHYCEAE); CYSTOPHORA RETROFLEXA; CYSTOPHORA TORULOSA; FORSTERYGION LAPILLUM; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33749387476     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps320259     Document Type: Article

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