Open AccessSubstrate‐attachment Preferences of Cultured Newborn Pot‐bellied Seahorses, Hippocampus abdominalis (Lesson, 1827)
Author(s) -
MartinezCardenas Leonardo,
Purser John G.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the world aquaculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0893-8849
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2012.00552.x
Subject(s) - seahorse , biology , hippocampus , substrate (aquarium) , preference , zoology , anatomy , ecology , endocrinology , mathematics , statistics
During a series of observations, newborn pot‐bellied seahorses, Hippocampus abdominalis , were offered three size choices of diameter and density of substrate. The seahorses exhibited a marked preference for the greatest diameter and the lowest density substrates.