Parasitism, oddity and the mechanism of shoal choice

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1365-1368

  Barber, I ^a,b   Downey, L C ^b   Braithwaite, V A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus aculeatus; Group composition; Schistocephalus solidus; Shoaling behaviour; Sticklebacks

Indexed keywords

FISH; GROUP SIZE; PARASITISM; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 0032435910     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0788     Document Type: Article

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