Mangrove habitat use by juvenile reef fish: Meta-analysis reveals that tidal regime matters more than biogeographic region

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Igulu, Mathias M ^a,b   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a,c   Dorenbosch, Martijn ^a   Grol, Monique G G ^a   Harborne, Alastair R ^d   Kimirei, Ismael A ^b   Mumby, Peter J ^d   Olds, Andrew D ^e,g   Mgaya, Yunus D ^f  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SEAGRASS; TIDE; ANIMAL; FISHERY; GEOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; TREE;

ANTHOZOA; HAEMULIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; FISHERIES; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; TREES;

EID: 84930740341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114715     Document Type: Article

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