Synthesizing mechanisms of density dependence in reef fishes: Behavior, habitat configuration, and observational scale

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1949-1961

  Wilson White, J ^a   Samhouri, Jameal F ^b   Stier, Adrian C ^c   Wormald, Clare L ^d   Hamilton, Scott L ^e   Sandin, Stuart A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct density dependence; Inverse density dependence; Patch vs. Continuous reef; Reef fish; Refuge based aggregation; Shoaling; Social aggregation; Spatial scaling

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISH; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MORTALITY; REFUGE; SHOALING WAVE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 77954619146     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0298.1     Document Type: Article

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