Off Japan, it can be found in rocky areas that provide refuge from fishing pressure.
Part of the study site was surrounded by a small stone-wall which, together with two large rocky outcrops, provided numerous refuge sites for the lizard population.
"We had no food, no equipment and it was very cold," said Nafi Muhammad, 27, who left Yemen to make common cause with the Taliban four months ago before seeking refuge in the rocky area south of here.
Small populations survived in refuges to restart their rocky kingdoms during more hospitable climates.
Saithe, cod and pollack are the most common gadids inhabiting Norwegian kelp forests and rocky coastal waters, which are important foraging and refuge habitats for juveniles and adult fish (e.g. Gjøsæter and Danielssen 1990; Rangeley and Kramer 1995a, b; Fromentin et al. 1997), being thus more susceptible to be captured by traps.
Most populations grow at somewhat rocky and steep locations that appeared to work as refuges.
In Act II of "Die Walküre," for example, Siegmund and Sieglinde, having consummated their uncontrollable passion and fled the house where Sieglinde lives with her brutish husband, Hunding, take temporary refuge, according to Wagner, in a remote rocky pass.
We donned our heavy coats and left the refuge shortly after dawn, moving up Iztaccíhuatl's rocky "knee," at times hand-over-hand.
For example, in comparison with structurally simple sandy or pebbly environments, a rocky environment offers many crevices that can serve as effective refuge places for particular taxa.
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