Spacing of wild schooling herring while encircled by killer whales

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 831-836

  Domenici, P ^a,b   Batty, R S ^b   Simila T ^c  

^a International Marine Centre   (Italy)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clupea harenus; Density; Herring; Nearest neighbour distance; Schooling; Speed

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SPACING;

CETACEA; CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; DELPHINIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 0033805919     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2000.1346     Document Type: Article

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