Adaptive significance of the formation of multi-species fish spawning aggregations near submerged capes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Karnauskas, Mandy ^a   Chérubin, Laurent M ^a   Paris, Claire B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; EDDY SHEDDING REGIME; EGG DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OFF REEF TRANSPORT; POPULATION DISPERSAL; SPAWNING; SPECIES HABITAT; SURVIVAL; WATER FLOW; ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BELIZE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HURRICANE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

PISCES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BELIZE; BREEDING; CYCLONIC STORMS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 79960087189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022067     Document Type: Article

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