Caribbean mangroves and seagrass beds as daytime feeding habitats for juvenile French grunts, Haemulon flavolineatum

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1291-1299

  Verweij, Marieke C ^a   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a   Wartenbergh, Suzanne L J ^a   Pen, Ido R ^b   Van Der Velde, Gerard ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; MANGROVE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SEAGRASS; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA;

HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM; HALOPHILA DECIPIENS; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33748414771     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0305-5     Document Type: Article

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