Predator recognition and social facilitation of predator avoidance in coral reef fish Dascyllus marginatus juveniles

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 319, Issue , 2006, Pages 215-223

  Karplus, Ilan ^a   Katzenstein, Ronit ^b   Goren, Menachem ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dascyllus marginatus; Predator avoidance; Predator recognition; Recruitment; Social facilitation; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CONSPECIFIC; CORAL REEF; FISH; JUVENILE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE; RECOGNITION; SURVIVAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ACANTHURUS NIGROFUSCUS; ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; DASCYLLUS MARGINATUS; EPINEPHELUS FASCIATUS; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; STYLOPHORA (CORAL);

EID: 33748981644     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps319215     Document Type: Article

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