Variability in nursery function of tropical seagrass beds during fish ontogeny: Timing of ontogenetic habitat shift

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1305-1315

  Nakamura, Yohei ^a   Hirota, Keisuke ^b   Shibuno, Takuro ^c   Watanabe, Yoshiro ^d  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CORAL REEF; FIELD SURVEY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFUGE; SEAGRASS; SURVIVAL; TRANSECT; TROPICAL REGION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ISHIGAKI; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; SAKISHIMA ISLANDS; YAEYAMA ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; LETHRINUS ATKINSONI;

EID: 84860644454     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-1911-z     Document Type: Article

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