Effects of mixed-species foraging groups on the feeding and aggression of juvenile parrotfishes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 345-354

  Overholtzer, Karen L ^a,b   Motta, Philip J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Coral reef fishes; Group foraging

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FEEDING; FISH; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION;

UNITED STATES;

HALIMEDA; SCARUS COERULEUS; SPARISOMA AUROFRENATUM; SPARISOMA VIRIDE;

EID: 0033949425     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007630118383     Document Type: Article

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