Habitat patchiness and predation modify the distribution of a coral-dwelling damselfish

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 447-454

  Belmaker, Jonathan ^a,b   Ziv, Yaron ^a   Shashar, Nadav ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; PATCHINESS; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHOZOA; DASCYLLUS MARGINATUS; POMACENTRIDAE; PSEUDOCHROMIS;

EID: 58549097446     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-1098-5     Document Type: Article

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