Complex behaviour by coral-reef fish larvae in open-water and near-reef pelagic environments

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-266

  Leis, Jeffrey M ^a   Carson Ewart, Brooke M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ap ogonidae; Chaetodontidae; Dispersal; Feeding; Lutjanidae; Pomacentridae; Predation; Recruitment; Schooling; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CORAL REEF; FISH; JUVENILE; LARVA;

EID: 0031694969     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007424719764     Document Type: Article

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