Suspended sediment prolongs larval development in a coral reef fish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1122-1128

  Wenger, Amelia S ^a,b   McCormick, Mark I ^a   Endo, Geoffrey G K ^a   McLeod, Ian M ^a,c   Kroon, Frederieke J ^b   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Larvae; Metamorphosis; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CORAL REEF; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; PERCIFORMES; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BENTONITE; CORAL REEFS; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCIFORMES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84907484598     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.094409     Document Type: Article

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