Preliminary evidence on group-size dependent feeding success in the damselfish Dascyllus marginatus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 323, Issue , 2006, Pages 299-303

  Kent, Rafi ^a,b   Holzman, Roi ^a   Genin, Amatzia ^a  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Intraspecific competition; Stomach content

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; STOMACH CONTENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; EILAT; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; DASCYLLUS MARGINATUS;

EID: 33750612083     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps323299     Document Type: Article

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