The effect of turbidity and illumination on the reaction distance and search time of the marine planktivore Gobiusculus flavescens

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 926-938

  Utne, A C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gobiusculus flavescens; light intensity; prey size; reaction distance; turbidity

Indexed keywords

GOBIUSCULUS FLAVESCENS; ACARTIA CLAUSI; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA;

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; LIGHT INTENSITY; PLANKTON FEEDERS; PLANKTON FEEDING; PREDATION; REACTION DISTANCE; SEARCH TIME; TURBIDITY;

EID: 0031128671     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0357     Document Type: Article

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