In situ swimming and settlement behaviour of larvae of an Indo-Pacific coral-reef fish, the coral trout Plectropomus leopardus (Pisces: Serranidae)

Marine Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-64

  Leis, J M ^a   Carson Ewart, B M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVA; PREDATION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA;

PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS;

EID: 0033006492     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050524     Document Type: Article

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