Behavioral specialization in developing sciaenids and its relationship to morphology and habitat

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-133

  Poling, Kirsten R ^b   Fuiman, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti predator behavior; Cynoscion nebulosus; Mechanoreception; Micropogonias undulatus; Sciaenops ocellatus; Vision

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0032908797     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007575023588     Document Type: Article

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