Fright reaction in Gymnocharacinus bergi (Pisces, Characidae), a relic fish from Patagonia

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-232

  Lozada, Mariana ^a   Ortubay, Silvia ^a   Cussac, Víctor ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alarm response; Antipredatory mechanisms; Characins; Schreckstoff system

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION RISK;

GYMNOCHARACINUS BERGI;

EID: 0034041277     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007630728551     Document Type: Article

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