Distribution patterns of benthic juvenile gobies in and around seagrass habitats: effectiveness of seagrass shelter against predators

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 657-664

  Horinouchi, Masahiro ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

benthic goby juvenile; cage experiment; distribution pattern; Japan, Kanagawa, Moroiso and Aburatsubo Bays; predation; seagrass; shrimp burrow availability

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BENTHOS; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEAGRASS;

ABURATSUBO BAY; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANAGAWA; KANTO; MIURA PENINSULA; MOROISO BAY;

ACENTROGOBIUS; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GOBIIDAE;

EID: 34147185701     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.11.025     Document Type: Article

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