Daphnid morphology deters fish predators

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 556-564

  Kolar, Cynthia S ^a,b   Wahl, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia lumholtzi; Morphology; Predation; Predator avoidance; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FISH; JUVENILE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA LUMHOLTZI; DAPHNIA PULEX; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 0031771546     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050621     Document Type: Article

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