Defecation behaviour of the Lined Bristletooth Surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus (Acanthuridae)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 619-622

  Krone, R ^a   Bshary, R ^b   Paster, M ^c   Eisinger, M ^c   Van Treeck, P ^c   Schuhmacher, H ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ctenochaetus striatus; Defecation behaviour; Red Sea; Sediment export

Indexed keywords

EXCRETION; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; SPACE USE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; JANUB SINA; NORTH AFRICA; RAS MOHAMMED NATIONAL PARK; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT]; SINAI;

ACANTHURIDAE; ANTHOZOA; CTENOCHAETUS STRIATUS;

EID: 48449093111     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0365-8     Document Type: Article

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