caa a22 4500 605462518 CHVBK 20210128100248.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10211-015-0212-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10211-015-0212-1 Habitat associations and behavioural patterns of Symphodus spp. (Pisces: Labridae) [Elektronische Daten] [Diana Rodrigues, Bárbara Horta e Costa, Henrique Cabral, Emanuel Gonçalves] The complexity and diversity of physical and biotic habitats are important features influencing the composition of shallow water reef fish assemblages, especially in temperate regions where abundant and diverse algal cover may have an important habitat-forming role. Coastal fish have adapted to these diverse habitats and to the temporal and spatial variations of algal assemblages in different ways. Wrasses are an important group of coastal rocky reef fish which present particular associations to algae in temperate systems. In this study, habitat associations were analysed in three species of wrasses: Symphodus bailloni, Symphodus melops and Symphodus roissali, and their behaviour was recorded. Eight main behavioural categories (comprising a total of 42 different behaviours) were identified: exploring, foraging, resting, agonistic interactions, cleaning, courtship, reproduction and nesting. S. melops occurred on shallower depths and was frequently involved in both intra- and interspecific agonistic interactions with the other wrasse species, although rarely with S. bailloni. S. roissali was associated with microhabitats of smaller size where it frequently hides. Feeding occurred mostly on bedrock habitat when compared to other microhabitats. Foraging and resting showed a marked seasonality in the three wrasses, related to shifts in biotic habitat structure and to changes in the behavioural repertoire during the breeding season. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg and ISPA, 2015 Wrasses nationallicence Behaviour nationallicence Habitat nationallicence Rocky reefs nationallicence Algal cover nationallicence Symphodus spp nationallicence Rodrigues Diana MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and Eco-Ethology Research Unit, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, R. Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041, Lisboa, Portugal aut Horta e Costa Bárbara MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and Eco-Ethology Research Unit, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, R. Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041, Lisboa, Portugal aut Cabral Henrique MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal aut Gonçalves Emanuel MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and Eco-Ethology Research Unit, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, R. Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041, Lisboa, Portugal aut acta ethologica Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/3(2015-10-01), 269-282 0873-9749 18:3<269 2015 18 10211 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-015-0212-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-015-0212-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rodrigues Diana MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and Eco-Ethology Research Unit, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, R. Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041, Lisboa, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Horta e Costa Bárbara MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and Eco-Ethology Research Unit, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, R. Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041, Lisboa, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cabral Henrique MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gonçalves Emanuel MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and Eco-Ethology Research Unit, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, R. Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041, Lisboa, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- acta ethologica Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/3(2015-10-01), 269-282 0873-9749 18:3<269 2015 18 10211