Tethers make juvenile surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) vulnerable to attacks by benthic invertebrates

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 207-211

  Adams, Aaron J ^a,b   Miller, Robert J ^a   Ebersole, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; PREDATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ACANTHURIDAE; ACANTHURUS MONROVIAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 2042461711     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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