Effects of delayed settlement on post-settlement growth and survival of scleractinian coral larvae

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 431-438

  Graham, Erin M ^a   Baird, Andrew H ^a   Willis, Bette L ^a   Connolly, Sean R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Coral reefs; Dispersal; Population dynamics; Post settlement processes

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CORAL; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF;

ACROPORA TENUIS; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEF; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; LARVA; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84884812737     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2635-6     Document Type: Article

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