Shoaling behaviour in a surface-dwelling and a cave-dwelling population of a barb Garra barreimiae (Cyprinidae, Teleostei)

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 59-64

  Timmermann, Mirna ^a   Schlupp, Ingo ^a,b   Plath, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation behaviour; Cave fish; Shoaling

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPSIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GARRA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 11844256434     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-004-0099-8     Document Type: Article

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