Extremes, plasticity, and invariance in vertebrate life history traits: Insights from coral reef fishes

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3119-3127

  Depczynski, Martial ^a   Bellwood, David R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Biomass; Body size; Coral reefs; Gobiidae; Growth; Lifetime fecundity; Mortality; Pelagic larval duration; Reproduction; Trade offs; Turnover

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FECUNDITY; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; EVIOTA; GOBIIDAE; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845711758     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[3119:EPAIIV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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