Water turbidity affects predator-prey interactions in a fish-damselfly system

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 327-336

  Van De Meutter, Frank ^a   De Meester, Luc ^a   Stoks, Robby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antipredation behaviour; Aquatic vegetation; Direct and indirect effects; Ischnura elegans; Reciprocal transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TURBIDITE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; INSECTS; LARVA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCIFORMES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ISCHNURA ELEGANS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 23844472642     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0050-3     Document Type: Article

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