Identification of nursery habitats for commercially valuable humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus and large groupers (Pisces: Serranidae) in Palau

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 332, Issue , 2007, Pages 189-199

  Tupper, Mark ^a,b  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

Author keywords

Fish habitat; Grouper; Humphead wrasse; Nursery areas

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; MARINE PARK; MOVEMENT; NURSERY GROUND; PERCIFORM; PERSISTENCE; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU;

ANTHOZOA; CHEILINUS UNDULATUS; EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS POLYPHEKADION; PISCES; PLECTROPOMUS AREOLATUS; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 34047159142     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps332189     Document Type: Article

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