Juvenile-adult Colour Patterns and Coexistence in the Territorial Coral Reef Fish Pomacanthus imperator |
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| Authors: | Hans W. Fricke |
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| Affiliation: | Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, D-8131 Seewiesen, FRG. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. The coexistence of juvenile and adult territorial Pomacanthus imperator was studied in the Red Sea. The role played by their divergent colouration in the settlement of juveniles among adults on the reef is interpreted as the intraspecific equivalent of character displacement. |
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| Keywords: | coral reef fish juvenile-adult coexistence divergent patterning character displacement |
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