Habitat type and schooling interactively determine refuge-seeking behavior in a coral reef fish throughout ontogeny

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 437, Issue , 2011, Pages 241-251

  Huijbers, Chantal M ^a   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a,b   Govers, Laura L ^a   Van De Kerk, Madelon ^a   Oldenburger, Jeffrey J ^a   De Brouwer, Jan H F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Life cycle; Mangrove; Schooling behavior; Seagrass; Shelter; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; CORAL REEF; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MANGROVE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROHABITAT; ONTOGENY; POST-SETTLEMENT PROCESS; REFUGE; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SEAGRASS; SHELTER; VISUAL CUE;

ANTHOZOA; HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM;

EID: 79959688134     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09264     Document Type: Article

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