Straight-nosed pipefish Nerophis ophidion and broad-nosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle avoid eelgrass overgrown with filamentous algae

Straight-nosed pipefish Nerophis ophidion and broad-nosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle avoid eelgrass overgrown with filamentous algae

In a habitat choice experiment straight‐nosed pipefish Nerophis ophidion and broad‐nosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle avoided eelgrass Zostera marina covered with filamentous algae. Both juveniles as well as brooding adult males of the two species clearly preferred to position themselves in Z. marina...

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Published in:Journal of fish biology Vol. 78; no. 6; pp. 1855 - 1860
Main Authors: Sundin, J., Jacobsson, Ö., Berglund, A., Rosenqvist, G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-06-2011
Subjects:
Animals
Baltic Sea
Choice Behavior
Ecosystem
eutrophication
habitat choice
Male
Marine
NATURAL SCIENCES
NATURVETENSKAP
Nerophis ophidion
pipefishes
Smegmamorpha
Sweden
Syngnathus typhle
Ulva
Zostera marina
Zosteraceae - microbiology
Sweden
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Summary:In a habitat choice experiment straight‐nosed pipefish Nerophis ophidion and broad‐nosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle avoided eelgrass Zostera marina covered with filamentous algae. Both juveniles as well as brooding adult males of the two species clearly preferred to position themselves in Z. marina without growth of filamentous algae.
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ISSN:0022-1112
1095-8649
1095-8649
DOI:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02982.x