Spatial variability in habitat associations of pre- and post-settlement stages of coral reef fishes at Ishigaki Island, Japan

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2413-2419

  Nakamura, Yohei ^a   Shibuno, Takuro ^b,c   Lecchini, David ^d   Kawamura, Tomohiko ^e   Watanabe, Yoshiro ^e  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; JUVENILE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MORTALITY; SAMPLING; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TELEOST;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ISHIGAKI; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ACANTHURIDAE; ANTHOZOA; CHAETODONTIDAE; LETHRINIDAE; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 71349083354     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1257-3     Document Type: Article

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