The Behaviour of Flatfishes

Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 213-239

  Gibson, Robin N ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ability to bury; Colour change; Flatfish behaviour; Locomotion; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910037327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470995259.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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