Interactive effects of live coral and structural complexity on the recruitment of reef fishes

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 919-927

  Coker, D J ^a,b   Graham, N A J ^a   Pratchett, M S ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reef ecology; Coral reef fish; Disturbances; Recruitment; Resilience; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPLEXITY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 84869215838     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0920-1     Document Type: Article

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