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Straight‐nosed pipefish Nerophis ophidion and broad‐nosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle avoid eelgrass overgrown with filamentous algae
Author(s) -
Sundin J.,
Jacobsson Ö.,
Berglund A.,
Rosenqvist G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02982.x
Subject(s) - biology , zoology , algae , ecology
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.