Straight-nosed pipefish Nerophis ophidion and broad-nosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle avoid eelgrass overgrown with filamentous algae

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1855-1860

  Sundin, J ^a   Jacobsson, Ö ^b   Berglund, A ^a   Rosenqvist, G ^b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GOTLAND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Eutrophication; Habitat choice; Pipefishes; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA; SWEDEN; ULVA; ZOSTERACEAE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; MALE; SMEGMAMORPHA; SWEDEN; ULVA; ZOSTERACEAE;

ALGAE; NEROPHIS OPHIDION; SYNGNATHINAE; SYNGNATHUS TYPHLE; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 79958267561     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02982.x     Document Type: Article

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