Adaptive search in juvenile plaice foraging for aggregated and dispersed prey

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1255-1267

  Hill, S ^a,b,c   Burrows, M T ^a   Hughes, R N ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area restricted search; Foraging; Klinokinesis; Pleuronectes platessa; Saltatory search; Win shift behaviour

Indexed keywords

FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARENA; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 0036870755     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb02469.x     Document Type: Article

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