Propagule redirection: Habitat availability reduces colonization and increases recruitment in reef fishes

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2826-2832

  Stier, Adrian C ^a   Osenberg, Craig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction production; Coral reefs; Density dependence; Habitat selection; Reef fish; Settlement; Settlement shadow

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISH; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; PROPAGULE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

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

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 77957727059     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1993.1     Document Type: Article

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