Differential effects of habitat complexity, predators and competitors on abundance of juvenile and adult coral reef fishes

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-113

  Almany, Glenn R ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Habitat shift; Marine reserves; Predation; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; PREDATION RISK; RECRUITMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BAHAMAS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANTHOZOA; MURAENIDAE; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 4544363195     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1617-0     Document Type: Article

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