Larval supply is a good predictor of recruitment in endemic but not non-endemic fish populations at a high latitude coral reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-143

  Crean, A J ^a,b   Swearer, S E ^a   Patterson, H M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endemism; Larval supply; Local adaptation; Recruitment; Reef fish

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CORAL REEF; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA; LORD HOWE ISLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 76149097160     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-009-0566-9     Document Type: Article

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