Herring schooling manoeuvres in response to killer whale attacks

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1540-1546

  Nøttestad, Leif ^a   Axelsen, Bjørn Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

NORWAY; TYSFJORD;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 0033490499     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-124     Document Type: Article

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