Inter-cohort competition drives density dependence and selective mortality in a marine fish

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1009-1020

  Samhouri, Jameal F ^a,d   Steele, Mark A ^b   Forrester, Graham E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structured interactions; Coral reef fish; Density dependence; Early life history; Enemy free space; Gnatholepis thompsoni; Inter cohort competition; Otoliths; Phenotypic selection; Refuge; Shelter; Stage structured interactions

Indexed keywords

PPFIA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE STRUCTURE; CONSPECIFIC; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENEMY FREE SPACE; FISH; JUVENILE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM; REEF; REFUGE; SHELTER; SIZE SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AGING; ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GNATHOLEPIS THOMPSONI; GOBIIDAE;

EID: 63849224179     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1161.1     Document Type: Article

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