Habitat complexity modifies post-settlement mortality and recruitment dynamics of a marine fish

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1716-1725

  Johnson, Darren W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Habitat complexity; Limitation; Mortality; Open populations; Population regulation; Recruit adult relationships; Recruitment limitation; Reef fish; Rockfish; Sebastes; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPLEXITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PROPAGULE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEF; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SEBASTES; SEBASTES MYSTINUS;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; LARVA; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; LARVA; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER;

EID: 34548422440     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0591.1     Document Type: Article

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