How boat noise affects an ecologically crucial behaviour: The case of territoriality in Gobius cruentatus (Gobiidae)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-215

  Sebastianutto, Linda ^a   Picciulin, Marta ^b,c   Costantini, Marco ^d   Ferrero, Enrico A ^c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b Etho ecology Marine Laboratory   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d WWF Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agonistic interaction; Boat noise; Fish sounds; Noise pollution

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BOATING; DIESEL ENGINE; LABORATORY METHOD; NOISE POLLUTION; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; GOBIIDAE; GOBIUS CRUENTATUS;

EID: 80052274374     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9834-y     Document Type: Article

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