Overlaps in habitat use of fishes between a seagrass bed and adjacent coral and sand areas at Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, Japan: Importance of the seagrass bed as juvenile habitat

Fisheries Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 788-803

  Nakamura, Yohei ^a   Sano, Mitsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral area; Fish assemblage; Juvenile habitat; Microhabitat; Ontogenetic habitat shift; Pacific; Sand area; Seagrass bed

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; HALOPHILA; PISCES;

EID: 7544220597     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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