The role of the sensory systems of herring larvae in evading predatory fishes

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 413-427

  Fuiman, L A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; HERRING; PREDATION; SPRAT;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 0025672965     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400035505     Document Type: Article

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