The effect of prey mobility, prey contrast, turbidity and spectral composition on the reaction distance of Gobiusculus flavescens to its planktonic prey

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1244-1258

  Utne Palm, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contrast threshold; Globiusculus flavescens; Prey contrast; Prey mobility; Reaction distance; Spectral composition; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

COLOR; MOBILITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY;

CALANUS; GOBIUSCULUS FLAVESCENS;

EID: 0032983772     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1999.0961     Document Type: Article

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