Juvenile fish densities in Florida Keys mangroves correlate with landscape characteristics

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 362, Issue , 2008, Pages 233-243

  Drew, C Ashton ^a   Eggleston, David B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backreef habitats; Conservation; Coral reef fish; Habitat quality; Landscape ecology; Nursery role; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVITY; CORAL REEF; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; JUVENILE; LANDSCAPE; MANGROVE; MODELING; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 47949120470     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07430     Document Type: Article

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