Resource use by five sympatric parrotfishes in the San Blas Archipelago, Panama

Marine Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 427-437

  McAfee, S T ^a,b   Morgan, S G ^b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARROTFISH; REEF FISH; RESOURCE USE; SYMPATRIC POPULATIONS; SYMPATRY;

PANAMA, SAN BLAS ARCHIPELAGO;

SCARUS ISERTI; SPARISOMA AUROFRENATUM; SPARISOMA CHRYSOPTERUM; SPARISOMA RUBRIPINNE; SPARISOMA VIRIDE;

EID: 0029660427     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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