Social familiarity and shoal formation in juvenile fishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 580-590

  Lee Jenkins, S S Y ^a   Godin, J G J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fundulus diaphanus; Juvenile banded killifish; Juvenile bluegill sunfish; Lepomis macrochirus; Shoaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; FUNDULIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FUNDULIDAE; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS DIAPHANUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PISCES;

EID: 77449103259     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02512.x     Document Type: Article

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