Ontogenetic changes in habitat selection during settlement in a coral reef fish: Ecological determinants and sensory mechanisms

Coral Reefs

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 423-432

  Lecchini, D ^a,b   Osenberg, C W ^c   Shima, J S ^d   St Mary, C M ^c   Galzin, R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Ontogenetic shifts; Sensory mechanisms; Settlement cues; Thalassoma hardwicke

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; CORAL REEF; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; JUVENILE; LARVA; MACROALGA; MICROHABITAT; OLFACTORY CUE; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; POST-SETTLEMENT PROCESS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; VISUAL CUE;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SARGASSUM; THALASSOMA HARDWICKE; TURBINARIA ORNATA;

EID: 34249883958     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-007-0212-3     Document Type: Article

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