The effect of water current on foraging behaviour of the rheophilic cyprinid chondrostoma nasus (L.) during ontogeny: Evidence of a trade-off between energetic gain and swimming costs

River Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-154

  Flore, Laurence ^a   Keckeis, Hubert ^a  

^a Physikalische Medizin u Rehabilitation   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chondrostoma nasus (L.); Foraging behaviour; Ontogeny; Water current

Indexed keywords

ENERGETIC GAIN; FLUME EXPERIMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; NASE; ONTOGENY; SWIMMING COST; WATER VELOCITY;

CHONDROSTOMA NASUS;

EID: 0031712141     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1646(199801/02)14:1<141::aid-rrr492>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Article

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