Comparative behaviour of two species of Lepadogaster (Pisces: Gobiesocidae) living at different depths

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 447-450

  Goncalves D M ^a   Goncalves E J ^a   Almada, V C ^a   Almeida, S P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Clingfish; Depth distribution; Lepadogaster; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH; FISH;

LEPADOGASTER CANDOLLEI; LEPADOGASTER LEPADOGASTER;

EID: 0345451588     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0702     Document Type: Article

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