A test of the senses: Fish select novel habitats by responding to multiple cues

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-55

  Huijbers, Chantal M ^a   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a,c   Lössbroek, Pauline A C ^a   Schulten, Ines E ^a   Siegenthaler, Andjin ^a   Holderied, Marc W ^b   Simpson, Stephen D ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Coral reef fish; French grunt; Habitat selection; Haemulon flavolineatum; Olfaction; Ontogenetic shifts; Sound; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSPECIFIC; CORAL RECORD; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HABITAT SELECTION; MANGROVE; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEAGRASS; VISION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HEARING; ODOR; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; HEARING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PERCIFORMES; SMELL; VISION, OCULAR;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84858674815     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2236.1     Document Type: Article

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