Day-night shifts of fishes between shallow-water biotopes of a Caribbean bay, with emphasis on the nocturnal feeding of Haemulidae and Lutjanidae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 194, Issue , 2000, Pages 55-64

  Nagelkerken, I ^a,b   Dorenbosch, M ^b   Verberk, W C E P ^b   Cocheret De La Moriniere E ^b   Van Der Velde, G ^b  

^a CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community structure; Coral reef fishes; Day night shifts; Diet; Feeding sites; Food abundance; Shallow water biotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOTOPE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIEL VARIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MOVEMENT; SHALLOW WATER;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

DIODON HOLOCANTHUS;

EID: 0034677841     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps194055     Document Type: Article

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