Temporal consistency of ontogenetic shifts in habitat use by coral reef fishes in the northernmost coral ecosystem in the world (Kudaka Island, Japan)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2645-2654

  Lecchini, D ^a,b   Tsuchiya, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Coral reef fishes; Habitat selection; Ontogenetic shifts; Ryukyu Islands; Temporal consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856234061     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01884.x     Document Type: Article

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