Ultraviolet-absorbing compounds in the mucus of shallow-dwelling tropical reef fishes correlate with environmental water clarity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 343, Issue , 2007, Pages 263-271

  Zamzow, Jill P ^a,b  

^a Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Fish; MAA; Mucus; Mycosporine like amino acids; Turbidity; UV

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACCLIMATION; IRRADIANCE; MUCUS; PERCID; PERCIFORM; REEF; SHALLOW WATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ALMIRANTE BAY; BOCAS DEL TORO; CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

HALICHOERES BIVITTATUS; PISCES; SCARUS ISERI;

EID: 34548436431     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06890     Document Type: Article

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