Extended breeding and recruitment periods of fishes on a low latitude coral reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 673-682

  Srinivasan, M ^a   Jones, G P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Population dynamics; Seasonality; Settlement; Spawning; Temporal patterns

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CORAL REEF; FISH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT;

KIMBE BAY; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WEST NEW BRITAIN;

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; LABRIDAE; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 33750982108     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-006-0153-2     Document Type: Article

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