Effects of changes in leaf height and shoot density on the abundance of two fishes, Rudarius ercodes and Acentrogobius pflaumii, in a Zostera bed

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-56

  Horinouchi, Masahiro ^a   Sano, Mitsuhiko ^a   Taniuchi, Toru ^a   Shimizu, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Filefish; Habitat complexity; Seagrass bed; Streaked goby

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033409507     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02674947     Document Type: Article

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