Thorn fish Terapon jarbua (Forskål) predation on juvenile white shrimp Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards and brown shrimp Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius): The effect of turbidity, prey density, substrate type and pneumatophore density

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-56

  Macia, A ^a   Abrantes, K G S ^b   Paula, J ^b  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fish predation; Mangrove; Penaeid shrimp; Shelter; Substratum; Synergistic effects; Teraponidae; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

MANGROVE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SUBSTRATE; TURBIDITY;

INHACA ISLAND; MOZAMBIQUE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; FENNEROPENAEUS INDICUS; METAPENAEUS; METAPENAEUS MONOCEROS; PENAEIDAE; PENAEUS; PENAEUS INDICUS; TERAPON; TERAPON JARBUA; TERAPONTIDAE;

EID: 0038249046     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00097-2     Document Type: Article

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