Habitat use patterns of fishes across the mangrove-seagrass-coral reef seascape at Ishigaki Island, southern Japan

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 218-237

  Shibuno, Takuro ^a   Nakamura, Yohei ^b,e   Horinouchi, Masahiro ^c   Sano, Mitsuhiko ^d  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Fish; Mangrove; Ontogenetic habitat shift; Seagrass bed

Indexed keywords

ACANTHURUS NIGROFUSCUS; AMBLYELEOTRIS; ANTHOZOA; CHEILIO INERMIS; CHROMIS VIRIDIS; CTENOGOBIOPS; GERRES OYENA; LETHRINUS ATKINSONI; LETHRINUS OBSOLETUS; LUTJANUS FULVIFLAMMA; LUTJANUS FULVUS; LUTJANUS GIBBUS; LUTJANUS MONOSTIGMA; PARUPENEUS BARBERINUS; PISCES; POMACENTRUS LEPIDOGENYS; POMACENTRUS MOLUCCENSIS; STETHOJULIS STRIGIVENTER; VALENCIENNEA LONGIPINNIS; YONGEICHTHYS CRINIGER;

EID: 49249121222     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-007-0022-1     Document Type: Article

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