Behavioral transformation from the planktonic larval stage of some marine fishes reared in the laboratory

This study tested the hypothesis that larvae of benthic species settle only on a substrate which is typical of the adult habitat and that those which fail to encounter a suitable substrate will not settle and will die before completion of metamorphosis. A similar hypothesis, that larvae of schooling...

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Main Author: Marliave, Jeffrey Burton
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/20099