Habitat selection and the colonization of new territories by Chromis viridis

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1005-1018

  Ben Tzvi, O ^a,b   Abelson, A ^b   Polak, O ^a,c   Kiflawi, M ^a,c  

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

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral reef fishes; Migration; Recruitment; Red Sea; Replenishment; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA EURYSTOMA; ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS VIRIDIS; PISCES;

EID: 51749122434     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02003.x     Document Type: Article

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