Body length variation within multi-species fish shoals: The effects of shoal size and number of species

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-72

  Krause, Jens ^a,c   Godin, Jean Guy J ^a   Brown, David ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish shoaling behaviour; Fundulus diaphanus; Notemigonus crysoleucas; Size assortativeness; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BODY LENGTH; FISH; SCHOOLING; SHOAL SIZE;

CANADA;

FUNDULUS DIAPHANUS; NOTEMIGONUS CRYSOLEUCAS;

EID: 0031894289     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050421     Document Type: Article

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