Reef-based micropredators reduce the growth of post-settlement damselfish in captivity

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 677-684

  Jones, C M ^a   Grutter, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cirolanidae; Growth; Larval fish; Recruitment; Settlement; Survival

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; GROWTH RESPONSE; JUVENILE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEF; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ANTHOZOA; CIROLANIDAE; DISCHISTODUS PERSPICILLATUS; GNATHIA FALCIPENIS; GNATHIIDAE; ISOPODA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; POMACENTRUS MOLUCCENSIS;

EID: 48449091728     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0383-6     Document Type: Article

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