Australian Institute of Marine Science
Reproductive strategies
Environment - Protection - Samoa
Pelagic larvae
Patchy environment
Starvation
Predation
Computer simulation
VF 41421
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Many species of coral reef fish produce pelagic larvae which are capable of great dispersal compared with the scale of movements made by adults. While there are 2000 species of demersal coral reef fishes, only one with free-swimming larvae is known to have abandoned pelagic dispersal entirely.
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