Settlement-stage coral reef fish prefer the higher-frequency invertebrate-generated audible component of reef noise

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1861-1868

  Simpson, S D ^a   Meekan, M G ^b   Jeffs, A ^c   Montgomery, J C ^c   McCauley, R D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

coral reef fish; hearing; light traps; orientation; reef noise; settlement stage

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CORAL REEF; HEARING; LIFE HISTORY; NOISE; PERCIFORM; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; APOGONIDAE; BLENNIIDAE; GOBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LETHRINIDAE; POMACENTRIDAE; SIGANIDAE; SYNGNATHIDAE;

EID: 44349083133     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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