Social organization and sexual pattern in the Mediterranean parrotfish Sparisoma cretense (Teleostei: Scaridae)

Marine Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 353-360

  De Girolamo, M ^a   Scaggiante, M ^a   Rasotto, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCID; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SPARISOMA CRETENSE;

EID: 0032734001     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050634     Document Type: Article

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