Processes influencing recruitment inferred from distributions of coral reef fishes

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-174

  Adams, Aaron J ^a,b   Ebersole, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; HABITAT USE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; SAINT CROIX; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.); WORLD;

ACANTHURUS; ANTHOZOA; CHRISTIA; HAEMULON; HALOPHILA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7544245924     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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