THE ROLE OF RECRUITMENT DYNAMICS IN ROCKY SHORE AND CORAL REEF FISH COMMUNITIES In Press: Advances in Ecological Research David J. Booth * Deborah M. Brosnan *+ Australian Institute of Dept. of Zoology Marine Science Cordley Hall PMB No. 3, Townsville MC Oregon State University Qld.,AUSTRALIA 4810 Corvallis, Oregon 97331 USA (*: equal authorship) + Present address: Dept. of Biology, Lewis and Clark College, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd. Portland, Oregon 97219. USA. Table of Contents I. Summary II. Introduction and historical perspective III. Settlement and recruitment of marine organisms IV. Are marine systems open? V. Recruitment: patterns and processes A. The extent of recruitment variability in marine systems B. Factors affecting recruitment strength VI. The influences of recruitment on patterns of population and community structure A. Recruitment and population structure B. Recruitment effects on community structure and dynamics 1. Competition and recruitment 2. Predation and recruitment 3. Non-trophic interactions 4. Succession and recruitment 5. Integrated approaches to community structure C. The role of recruitment variation 1. Effects of overall variablity in recruitment 2. Effects of species-specific recruitment variation 3. Species-specific differences in population openness 4. Keystone species 5. Temporal and spatial scale 6. Spatial variability and consumer mobility D. Summary of models, predictions of tests VII. Management implications, conservation, and future directions A. Management and conservation B. Future directions VIII. Concluding remarks IX. Acknowledgment X. References I. Summary