Predation on the toxic zoanthid Palythoa caribaeorum by reef fishes in the Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-79

  Francini Filho, Ronaldo Bastos ^a,b   de Moura, Rodrigo Leaão ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b Conservation International Brasil ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALYTHOA CARIBAEORUM; PISCES; ZOANTHIDAE;

EID: 77954081538     PISSN: 16798759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-87592010000100008     Document Type: Note

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