Mechanisms affecting recruitment patterns of fish and decapods in tropical coastal ecosystems

Ecological Connectivity among Tropical Coastal Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 185-228

  Adams, Aaron J ^a   Ebersole, John P ^b  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Mortality; Post settlement; Priority effects; Settlement

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052894127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2406-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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