Habitat profitability and choice in a sit-and-wait predator: Juvenile salmon prefer slower currents on darker nights

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 866-875

  Metcalfe, Neil B ^a   Valdimarsson, Sveinn K ^a   Fraser, Neil H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Foraging; Invertebrate drift; Nocturnal behaviour; Overwintering strategies

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC SALMON; CURRENT VELOCITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; LIGHT LEVEL; NOCTURNAL FEEDING;

INVERTEBRATA; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030786052     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/6002     Document Type: Article

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