Variability in recruitment of coral reef fishes: the importance of habitat at two spatial scales. From: Ecology | Date: December 1, 1996| Author: Caselle, Jennifer E.; Warner, Robert R. | COPYRIGHT 1996 Ecological Society of America. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

We investigated spatial and temporal variability in recruitment of coral reef fishes to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, with the goal of assessing the importance of habitat and physical oceanographic processes in determining patterns of distribution at two spatial scales. Recruitment was monitored visually each month, using SCUBA, at sites spaced equally around the island and on transects within each site. Spatial patterns of distribution were consistent within seasons and between years at bo...