Predictors of the distribution and abundance of a tube sponge and its resident goby

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 777-786

  D'Aloia, C C ^a   Majoris, J E ^a   Buston, P M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysina fistularis; Distribution patterns; Elacatinus lori; Microhabitat specialization; Recruitment; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINFISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; MICROHABITAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SPECIALIZATION; SPONGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELIZEAN BARRIER REEF; CARIBBEAN SEA; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF;

APLYSINA FISTULARIS; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; ELACATINUS LORI; GOBIIDAE;

EID: 79961027795     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0755-1     Document Type: Article

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