The social and mating system of the herbivorous reef fish Sparisoma viride: One-male versus multi-male groups

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-378

  Van Rooij, Jules M ^a   Kroon, Frederieke J ^b   Videler, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Life history style; Reproduction; Resource defence; Scaridae; Territoriality; Timing of spawning; Use of space

Indexed keywords

SPARISOMA VIRIDE; SCARUS ISERTI;

GROUP SIZE; MALES; MATING SYSTEM; REEF FISH; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE DEFENCE; SOCIAL SYSTEM; TERRITORIALITY;

BONAIRE;

EID: 0030302962     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005050     Document Type: Article

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