Priority effects in coral reef fish communities of the great barrier reef

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2872-2880

  Almany, Glenn R ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Competition; Predation; Recruitment; Settlement

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RECRUITMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LIZARD ISLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ACANTHURUS MONROVIAE; ANTHOZOA; CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; PANTODONTIDAE; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 7544245241     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-3166     Document Type: Article

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