Foraging interactions among three benthic fish in a Posidonia oceanica reef lagoon along the Tyrrhenian coast

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1300-1309

  De Pirro, M ^a   Marchetti, G M ^a   Chelazzi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic fish; Coris; Diet preferences; Foraging behaviour; Mullus; Reef lagoon; Symphodus

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NICHE PARTITIONING; REEF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CORIS JULIS; MULLUS SURMULETUS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SYMPHODUS CINEREUS;

EID: 0033024826     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1999.0958     Document Type: Article

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