Feeding greatly enhances swimming endurance of settlement-stage reef-fish larvae of damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-188

  Leis, Jeffrey M ^a   Clark, Domine L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Damselfish; Dispersal; Larvae; Swimming

Indexed keywords

CHROMIS CHROMIS; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 20844452602     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-004-0265-z     Document Type: Article

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