Piscivore assemblages and predation pressure affect relative safety of some back-reef habitats for juvenile fish in a Caribbean bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 379, Issue , 2009, Pages 181-196

  Dorenbosch, M ^a,b   Grol, M G G ^a   De Groene, A ^a   Van Der Velde, G ^a,b   Nagelkerken, I ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Habitat configuration; Mangroves; Nursery; Predation; Seagrass beds

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; MANGROVE; NURSERY GROUND; PERCIFORM; PISCIVORE; POPULATION DENSITY; POST-SETTLEMENT PROCESS; PREDATION; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM; HALOPHILA DECIPIENS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 65649133903     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07896     Document Type: Article

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