Geographic coupling of juvenile and adult habitat shapes spatial population dynamics of a coral reef fish

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1859-1870

  Huijbers, Chantal M ^a,b   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a,c   Debrot, Adolphe O ^d   Jongejans, Eelke ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cura ao; dispersal; Ocyurus chrysurus; otolith chemistry; population connectivity; sea grass; source contribution; spatial simulation model; stable isotopes; yellowtail snapper

Indexed keywords

BAY; CORAL REEF; DEMERSAL FISH; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT QUALITY; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; OCYURUS CHRYSURUS;

EID: 84878918933     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1759.1     Document Type: Article

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