Nonadditive effects of terrestrial and aquatic predators on juvenile estuarine fish

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1796-1804

  Crowder, Larry B ^a   Squires, Deborah D ^b   Rice, James A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine fish; Leiostomus xanthurus; Nonadditive behavioral effects; Paralichthys lethostigma; Piscivorous birds; Predation risk and responses

Indexed keywords

AVES; LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS; PARALICHTHYS LETHOSTIGMA; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

ESTUARINE FISH; FISH JUVENILE; PREDATION; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; SOUTHERN FLOUNDER; SPOT;

EID: 0030613576     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1796:NEOTAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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