Growth history and intrinsic factors influence risk assessment at a critical life transition for a fish

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 805-812

  Lonnstedt O M ^a   McCormick, M I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body condition; Chemical alarm cues; Pomacentrus amboinensis; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CHEMICAL CUE; CORAL REEF; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; JUVENILE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PREDATION; PREDATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS;

EID: 79961028793     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0768-9     Document Type: Article

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