Habitat-predator association and avoidance in rainbowfish (Melanotaenia spp.)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-126

  Brown, Culum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cue use; Ecology; Habitat; Predator avoidance; Rainbowfish

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; FISH; MICROHABITAT; PREDATOR;

MELANOTAENIA;

EID: 0038685793     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0633.2003.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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