Reef fish behaviour during a total solar eclipse at Pinta Island, Galapagos

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 683-686

  Jennings, S ^a   Bustamante, R H ^b   Collins, K ^c   Mallinson, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Estacion Cientifica Charles Darwin   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Galapagos; Reef fish; Solar eclipse

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CORAL REEF; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LIGHT EFFECT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032169714     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0720     Document Type: Article

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