Prey patchiness and larval fish growth and survival: Inferences from an individual-based model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-43

  Letcher, Benjamin H ^a,b   Rice, James A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Individual based model; Patchiness; Predation; Starvation; Swimming behavior

Indexed keywords

FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; GROWTH; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; PATCHINESS; PREDATION; PREY PATCHINESS; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0030618844     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(96)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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