Functional consequences of trophic specialization in pufferfishes

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-52

  Ralston, K R ^a   Wainwright, P C ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diodontidae; electromyography; generalist; motor pattern; Tetraodontidae

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERNS; PREDATION; PUFFER FISH; SPECIALIZATION; TROPHIC SPECIALIZATION;

CHILOMYCTERUS SCHOEPFI; SPHOEROIDES NEPHALUS;

EID: 0030620899     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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