Growing up is hard to do: a demographic model of survival and growth of Caribbean octocoral recruits

Among species with size structured demography, population structure is determined by size specific survival and growth rates. This interplay is particularly important among recently settled colonial invertebrates for which survival is low and growth is the only way of escaping the high mortality tha...

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Published in:	PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 10; p. e14386
Main Authors:	Lasker, Howard R., Martínez-Quintana, Ángela
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States PeerJ. Ltd 18.11.2022 PeerJ, Inc PeerJ Inc
Subjects:	Analysis Animals Anthozoa Caribbean Region Colonies Colony growth Conservation Biology Coral reef Coral reefs Corals Demography Ecology Gorgonian Growth Growth rate Health aspects Invertebrates Marine Biology Matrix model Mortality National parks Polyps Polyps (organisms) Population Population Biology Population Dynamics Population structure Recruitment Survival United States Virgin Islands Zoology United States Virgin Islands Caribbean Region Matrix model Coral reef Gorgonian Colony growth Partial mortality Survival Recruitment
ISSN:	2167-8359, 2167-8359
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