Habitat-dependent recruitment of two temperate reef fishes at multiple spatial scales

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 277, Issue , 2004, Pages 231-244

  Andrews, Kelly S ^a,b   Anderson, Todd W ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackeye goby; California sheephead; Habitat; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT; REEF;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CORYPHOPTERUS NICHOLSI; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; RHINOGOBIOPS NICHOLSII; SEMICOSSYPHUS PULCHER;

EID: 4544320388     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps277231     Document Type: Article

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