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

Abstract

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. (C) 2011 The Authors Journal of Fish Biology (C) 2011 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles

Keywords

Baltic Sea; eutrophication; habitat choice; pipefishes; Zostera marina

Published in

Journal of Fish Biology
2011, Volume: 78, number: 6, pages: 1855-1860 Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

UKÄ Subject classification

Fish and Aquacultural Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02982.x

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/101657