Behavioral observations of an upcurrent reef colonization event by larval surgeonfish Ctenochaetus strigosus (Acanthuridae)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 311-315

  Sancho, Gorka ^a   Ma, Diana ^a,b   Lobel, Phillip S ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Coral reef; Ctenochaetus strigosus; Recruitment; Reef fish larvae; Swimming behavior

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CORAL REEFS; FISH LARVAE; SURGEONFISH; SWIMMING;

JOHNSTON ATOLL; PACIFIC;

ACANTHURIDAE; ACANTHURUS MONROVIAE; ANTHOZOA; CTENOCHAETUS STRIGOSUS; PISCES;

EID: 0030791772     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps153311     Document Type: Article

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