The influence of habitat characteristics and conspecifics on attraction and survival of coral reef fish juveniles

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-90

  Lecchini, D ^a,b   Planes, S ^a,b   Galzin, R ^a,b  

^a Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Conspecific attraction; Coral reef fish; Habitat selection; Predation; Search behavior

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONSPECIFIC; CORAL REEF; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; SURVIVAL;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MOOREA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS VIRIDIS; PORITES RUS;

EID: 33846019628     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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