Homing and daytime tidal movements of juvenile snappers (Lutjanidae) between shallow-water nursery habitats in Zanzibar, western Indian Ocean

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-209

  Dorenbosch, Martijn ^a   Verweij, Marieke C ^a   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a   Jiddawi, Narriman ^b   Van Der Velde, Gerard ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

coral reef fishes; marine bay; migration; seagrass beds; site fidelity; tidal channels

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DIEL MIGRATION; FISH; HOMING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND; SEAGRASS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; HALOPHILA; LUTJANIDAE; LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS EHRENBERGII; LUTJANUS FULVIFLAMMA; PISCES;

EID: 3142753471     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000033336.10737.f5     Document Type: Article

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