Predators reduce abundance and species richness of coral reef fish recruits via non-selective predation

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 527-532

  Heinlein, J M ^a   Stier, A C ^b   Steele, M A ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Moorea; Predation; Recruitment; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MOOREA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 77952237334     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0592-7     Document Type: Article

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