Coral size, health and structural complexity: Effects on the ecology of a coral reef damselfish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 456, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-137

  Noonan, Sam H C ^a,b   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a   Pratchett, Morgan S ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromis retrofasciata; Coral reef; Habitat complexity; Habitat structure; Predation; Reef fish; Seriatopora; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPLEXITY; CORAL REEF; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PERCIFORM; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS RETROFASCIATA; POMACENTRIDAE; SERIATOPORA; SERIATOPORA HYSTRIX;

EID: 84862201674     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09687     Document Type: Review

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