Habitat selection and aggression as determinants of spatial segregation among damselfish on a coral reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 289-298

  Bay, L K ^a   Jones, G P ^a   McCormick, M I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Coral reef fish; D. melanotus; D. prosopotaenia; D. pseudochrysopoecilus; Dischistodus perspicillatus; Distribution; Habitat selection; Interspecific competition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CORAL REEF; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; DISCHISTODUS; DISCHISTODUS MELANOTUS; DISCHISTODUS PERSPICILLATUS; DISCHISTODUS PROSOPOTAENIA; DISCHISTODUS PSEUDOCHRYSOPOECILUS; POMACENTRIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0035651706     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380100173     Document Type: Article

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