Benthic habitat properties can delay settlement in an estuarine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus)

Aquatic Biology

关键词: Habitat preference;    Substrate;    Fish larvae;    Seagrass;    Red drum;   

DOI  :  10.3354/ab00639

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: Settlement is the last stage of high mortality in the life cycle of demersal marine fishes, making the number of larvae that successfully settle to a benthic habitat a predictor of future population size. Habitat selection is an active settlement process for coral reef fishes, however, there has been less research about settlement in other ecosystems. This study used laboratory and field experiments to examine the relationship between size and settlement over various substrates in red drum

【 授权许可】

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