Vertical migrations of reef fish larvae in the straits of florida and effects on larval transport

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1653-1666

  Huebert, Klaus B ^a   Cowen, Robert K ^a   Sponaugle, Su ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DIEL MIGRATION; DIEL VARIATION; DOMINANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; GROWTH; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MAGNITUDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; ONTOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA CURRENT; MIAMI; STRAITS OF FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79960932864     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.5.1653     Document Type: Article

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