Habitat associations and aggregation of recruit fishes on Hawaiian coral reefs

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-152

  DeMartini, Edward E ^a   Anderson, Todd W ^b  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; SURVIVORSHIP;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHURIDAE; ANTHOZOA; PISCES; PORITES COMPRESSA;

EID: 34547623085     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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