Abundance of giant sea anemones and patterns of association with anemonefish in the northern Red Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1287-1292

  Chadwick, Nanette E ^a,b,d   Arvedlund, Michael ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH AFRICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SINAI; WORLD;

ACTINIARIA; AMPHIPRION BICINCTUS; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; ENTACMAEA QUADRICOLOR; HETERACTIS CRISPA;

EID: 26444458864     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405012440     Document Type: Article

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