Quantifying site quality in a heterogeneous landscape: Recruitment of a reef fish

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-94

  Shima, Jeffrey S ^a   Osenberg, Craig W ^b   St Mary, Colette M ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic density dependence; Environmental variability; Habitat quality; Post settlement mortality; Predator mediated effect; Predator prey interaction; Site quality; Spatial refuge

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CORAL; CORAL REEF; HABITAT QUALITY; JUVENILE; PERCIFORM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFUGE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORTALITY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANTHOZOA; PARACIRRHITES ARCATUS; POCILLOPORA; THALASSOMA HARDWICKE;

EID: 40449119542     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0021.1     Document Type: Article

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