Effects of seascape context on condition, abundance, and secondary production of a coral reef fish, Haemulon plumierii

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 462, Issue , 2012, Pages 231-240

  Yeager, Lauren A ^a   Acevedo, Christina ^a   Layman, Craig A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial reef; Fitness; Haemulon plumierii; Landscape; Predator prey dynamics; RNA:DNA; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL REEF; CONDITION FACTOR; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEAGRASS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 84865431978     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09855     Document Type: Article

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