Size-selectivity of predatory reef fish on juvenile prey

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 399, Issue , 2010, Pages 273-283

  Holmes, Thomas H ^a,b   McCormick, Mark I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Gape limitation; Predation; Predator ontogeny; Reef fish; Selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CORAL REEF; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JUVENILE; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

ANTHOZOA; CEPHALOPHOLIS MICROPRION; CHROMIS CHROMIS; PISCES; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS; PSEUDOCHROMIS FUSCUS; SYNODUS DERMATOGENYS; THALASSOMA LUNARE;

EID: 76249125164     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08337     Document Type: Article

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