Territoriality and habitat use by juvenile blue tangs, Acanthurus coeruleus

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 401-409

  Bell, Thomas ^a,b   Kramer, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acanthuridae; Barbados; Caribbean; Coral reef fish; Home range; Surgeonfish; Territory

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; TERRITORIALITY;

BARBADOS;

ACANTHURUS COERULEUS; STEGASTES;

EID: 0033899829     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007653318174     Document Type: Article

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