Ecological correlates of population density and behavior in the circumtropical black triggerfish Melichthys niger (Balistidae)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 76, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 387-398

  Kavanagh, Kathryn D ^a,b   Olney, John E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Density dependent behavior; Density dependent growth; Oceanic islands; Omnivory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINFISH; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; GREATER ANTILLES; JOHNSTON; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PUERTO RICO;

ALGAE; BALISTIDAE; MELICHTHYS NIGER;

EID: 33748485593     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9044-1     Document Type: Article

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