Seagrass nurseries contribute to coral reef fish populations

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1540-1547

  Verweij, Marieke C ^a,c   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a   Hans, Ingmar ^a   Ruseler, Susanne M ^a   Mason, Paul R D ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEF; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; NURSERY GROUND; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTHOZOA; OCYURUS CHRYSURUS;

EID: 47349090535     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.4.1540     Document Type: Article

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