Patterns of shelter usage and social aggregation by the vocal Lusitanian toadfish

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 495-503

  Amorim, Maria Clara Pessoa ^a   Simões, José Miguel ^a   Fonseca, Paulo Jorge ^b   Almada, Vitor C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BREEDING SEASON; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; POPULATION SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEGMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER; SHELTER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOLERANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LUSITANIAN BASIN; PORTUGAL;

BATRACHOIDIDAE; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; PISCES;

EID: 77649340119     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1335-6     Document Type: Article

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