Onset and development of aggressive behavior in the early life stages of the seven-band grouper Epinephelus septemfasciatus

Aquaculture

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 97-103

  de la S Sabate, F ^a   Sakakura, Y ^a   Shiozaki, M ^a   Hagiwara, A ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Epinephelus septemfasciatus; Ontogeny; Swimming behavior

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FISH CULTURE; FOOD ORGANISM; HATCHING; LARVA; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING;

EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS SEPTEMFASCIATUS;

EID: 63449118918     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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