Differential persistence favors habitat preferences that determine the distribution of a reef fish

John E Majoris, Cassidy C D’Aloia, Robin K Francis, Peter M Buston and Michael TaborskyHandling Editor

Behavioral Ecology, 2018, vol. 29, issue 2, 429-439

Abstract: Baby reef fish have great taste when choosing a home. For most coral reef fishes, babies hatch as tiny larvae that develop offshore before returning to choose a home on the reef. Using experimental and observational approaches, we show that baby sponge-dwelling neon gobies use visual cues to choose sponge homes that will improve their chances of persistence. Ultimately, these choices result in the distribution of neon gobies on the reef.

Keywords: animal behavior; fish larvae; Gobiidae; marine ecology; recruitment; sensory biology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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