Predation by juvenile flounder (Platichthys flesus L.): A test of prey vulnerability, predator preference, switching behaviour and functional response

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-236

  Mattila, Johanna ^a   Bonsdorff, Erik ^a,b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bathyporeia pilosa; Functional response; Macoma balthica; Platichthys flesus; Predation; Prey vulnerability; Switching behaviour; The Baltic

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOUNDER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MACOMA BALTHICA; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS;

EID: 0032581980     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00272-4     Document Type: Article

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