Preference of early juveniles of a coral reef fish for distinct lagoonal microhabitats is not related to common measures of structural complexity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 432, Issue , 2011, Pages 221-233

  Grol, Monique G G ^a   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a   Bosch, Nicolaas ^a   Meesters, Erik H ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Coral rubble; Habitat selection; Haemulon flavolineatum; Mangrove; Seagrass; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORAL REEF; DIGITAL IMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; LIFE CYCLE; MANGROVE; MICROHABITAT; PERCIFORM; SEAGRASS;

ANTHOZOA; HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 79959760030     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09175     Document Type: Article

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