Growth potential and predation risk drive ontogenetic shifts among nursery habitats in a coral reef fish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 502, Issue , 2014, Pages 229-244

  Grol, Monique G G ^a   Rypel, Andrew L ^b   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condition; Food abundance; Life cycle; Maturation; Nursery; Ontogenetic habitat shifts; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE CYCLE; MANGROVE; NURSERY GROUND; ONTOGENY; PREDATION RISK; REFUGIUM; SEAGRASS; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84898937207     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10682     Document Type: Article

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