Nocturnal fish movement and trophic flow across habitat boundaries in a coral reef ecosystem (SW Puerto Rico)

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 282-303

  Clark, Randall D ^a   Pittman, Simon ^a   Caldow, Chris ^a   Christensen, John ^a   Roque, Bryant ^b   Appeldoorn, Richard S ^b   Monaco, Mark E ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Coral reef ecosystems; Fish prey; Habitat boundaries; Mangroves; Nocturnal fish movement; Seascape

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CORAL REEF; FEEDING GROUND; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; MANGROVE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; TROPHIC LEVEL; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

PUERTO RICO;

ANTHOZOA; CARANGIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HAEMULIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; MOLLUSCA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 79951559903     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v45i2.a15     Document Type: Article

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