Inter-oceanic analysis of demographic variation in a widely distributed Indo-Pacific coral reef fish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 373, Issue , 2008, Pages 97-109

  Trip, Elizabeth L ^a,d   Choat, J Howard ^a   Wilson, David T ^b,e   Robertson, D Ross ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources ^*  (Samoa)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthuridae; Asymptotic growth; Body size; Coral reef fish; Growth rate; Longevity; Longitudinal and latitudinal gradients

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHY; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACANTHURIDAE; ANTHOZOA; CTENOCHAETUS STRIATUS; PISCES;

EID: 58849142039     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07755     Document Type: Article

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