Synthesizing larval competence dynamics and reef-scale retention reveals a high potential for self-recruitment in corals

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 650-659

  Figueiredo, Joana ^a   Baird, Andrew H ^a   Connolly, Sean R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competence; Connectivity; Coral reefs; Development; Dispersal; Embryogenesis; Localized recruitment; Spawning time

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CONNECTIVITY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; EGG SIZE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PROPAGULE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); WATER RETENTION;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORAL REEF; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876111992     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0767.1     Document Type: Article

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