Vulnerability of marine forage fishes to piscivory: Effects of prey behavior on susceptibility to attack and capture

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-59

  Scharf, Frederick S ^a,d   Buckel, Jeffrey A ^b   McGinn, Patricia A ^c   Juanes, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Capture success; Juvenile fishes; Piscivory; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; FISH; FORAGE; PISCIVORY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VULNERABILITY;

ANCHOA; ARGENTINA ELONGATA; BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS; MENIDIA MENIDIA; MORONE SAXATILIS; PISCES;

EID: 0043235748     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00260-0     Document Type: Article

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