Diet of Scartella cristata: An artificial habitat-associated blenny (pisces: Blenniidae)

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 221-228

  Mobley, K B ^a,b   Fleeger, W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Blennies; Diet; Gut content; Invertebrate prey; Ontogenetic shift

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; ONTOGENY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

UNITED STATES;

SCARTELLA CRISTATA;

EID: 0033511418     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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