Relative effects of turbidity and light intensity on reactive distance and feeding of an estuarine fish

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-216

  Benfield, Mark C ^a   Minello, Thomas J ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NOAA Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundulus grandis; Palaemonetes pugio; Predation; Scattering; Shading; Vision

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; REACTIVE DISTANCE; SCATTERING; SHADING; TURBIDITY;

FUNDULUS GRANDIS; PALAEMONETES PUGIO;

EID: 0029668814     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005223     Document Type: Article

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