Foraging activity and behaviour of two goatfish species (Perciformes: Mullidae) at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, tropical West Atlantic

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Krajewski, João Paulo ^a,b   Bonaldo, Roberta M ^a,b   Sazima, Cristina ^a,b   Sazima, Ivan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Zoologia e Museu de História Natural   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Mulloidichthys martinicus; Oceanic island; Pseudupeneus maculatus

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PERCIFORM; SUBSTRATE; SYMPATRY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); BRAZIL; FERNANDO DE NORONHA; PERNAMBUCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

MULLIDAE; MULLOIDICHTHYS MARTINICUS; PARUPENEUS BARBERINUS; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; PSEUDUPENEUS MACULATUS;

EID: 33747150042     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9046-z     Document Type: Article

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