Microhabitat use by the rainbowfish Melanotaenia duboulayi in a subtropical Australian stream

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-22

  Hattori, Akihisa ^a,b   Warburton, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerial predator avoidance; Habitat structure; Size structured population; Sunlight; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

MELANOTAENIA DUBOULAYI; RIPARIA; VALLISNERIA;

EID: 0037271481     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-002-0070-y     Document Type: Article

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