Quantitative evidence for assortative schooling in a coral reef fish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 176, Issue , 1999, Pages 17-23

  Crook, Anne C ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Assortative schooling; Coral reef; Log linear modelling; Parrotfish

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CORAL REEF; FISH; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR;

CHLORURUS SORDIDUS;

EID: 0033580003     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps176017     Document Type: Article

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