Risk of predation affects habitat selection by the pinfish Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 45-56

  Jordan, Frank ^a,b   Bartolini, Mark ^b,c   Nelson, Christine ^b   Patterson, Paula E ^b,c   Soulen, Heather L ^b  

^a Department of Zoology Florida Coop Fish Wildl Res U University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Habitat selection; Lagodon rhomboides; Microhabitat use; Paralichthys lethostigma; Risk of predation; Seagrass ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ESTUARY; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; PARALICHTHYS LETHOSTIGMA;

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; ESTUARINE FISH; ESTUARY; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; PINFISH; PREDATION;

EID: 0030621015     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02656-1     Document Type: Article

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