Intraspecific variation in home range exclusivity by female green razorfish, Xyrichtys splendens (family Labridae), in different habitats

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 371-381

  Nemtzov, Simon C ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caribbean Sea; Field experiment; Fish behavior; Labrid; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation pressure; Predation risk; Predator avoidance; Social behavior; Territoriality; Wrasse

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GREEN RAZORFISH; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANTHOZOA; HALOPHILA; HYDROCHARITACEAE; LABRIDAE; THALASSIA; THALASSIS; XYRICHTYS SPLENDENS;

EID: 0030725529     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007319622028     Document Type: Article

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