Restoring depleted coral-reef fish populations through recruitment enhancement: A proof of concept

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1857-1867

  Heenan, A ^a   Simpson, S D ^a,c   Meekan, M G ^b   Healy, S D ^a,d   Braithwaite, V A ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Enrichment; Pomacentrus amboinensis; Recruitment; Restorative management; Settlement stage coral reef fishes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; METHODOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; PERCIFORMES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS;

EID: 72249091652     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02401.x     Document Type: Article

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