Habitat selection during settlement of three Caribbean coral reef fishes: Indications for directed settlement to seagrass beds and mangroves

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 903-907

  Pollux, B J A ^a,b   Verberk, W C E P ^b,c   Dorenbosch, M ^b   Cocheret De La Moriniere E ^b   Nagelkerken, I ^b   Van Der Velde, G ^b,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c BARGERVEEN FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; MANGROVE; SEAGRASS; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

ACANTHURUS BAHIANUS; ANTHOZOA; LUTJANUS APODUS; OCYURUS CHRYSURUS; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34250852194     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.2.0903     Document Type: Article

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