High mobility of the protandrous anemonefish Amphiprion frenatus: Nonrandom pair formation in limited shelter space

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-63

  Hattori, Akihisa ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Microhabitat structure; Movement; Recruitment; Sex change

Indexed keywords

ACTINIARIA; AMPHIPRION; AMPHIPRION FRENATUS; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 23944497597     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-004-0253-3     Document Type: Article

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