Aeration of corals by sleep-swimming fish

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1832-1839

  Goldshmid, Rotem ^a   Holzman, Roi ^a   Weihs, Daniel ^b   Genin, Amatzia ^a  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATION; CORAL; FISH; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; HYPOXIA; MUTUALISM; SLEEP; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS; CHROMIS VIRIDIS; DASCYLLUS; DASCYLLUS ARUANUS; DASCYLLUS MARGINATUS; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; POCILLOPORA; SCLERACTINIA; SERIATOPORA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 4944267271     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.5.1832     Document Type: Article

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