Habitat use, feeding and territorial behavior of a Brazilian endemic damselfish Stegastes rocasensis (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-144

  Souza, Allan T ^a,b   Ilarri, Martina I ^a,b   Rosa, Ierecê L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agonistic; Behavioral ecology; Fernando de Noronha; Reef fish; Southwestern Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARCHIPELAGO; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CORAL REEF; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEEDING; GRASS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INVERTEBRATE; JUVENILE; MACROALGA; PERCIFORM; TERRITORIALITY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; FERNANDO DE NORONHA; PERNAMBUCO;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; POMACENTRIDAE; STEGASTES ROCASENSIS;

EID: 79956273164     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9765-z     Document Type: Article

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