Mobility of Stichodactyla gigantea sea anemones and implications for resident false clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-90

  Mitchell, Jeremy S ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Habitat choice; Settlement

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST SELECTION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MOBILITY;

ACTINIARIA; AMPHIPRION; AMPHIPRION OCELLARIS; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; PISCES; STICHODACTYLA; STICHODACTYLA GIGANTEA;

EID: 0037722970     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023286009054     Document Type: Article

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