An experimental study of habitat choice by Daphnia: Plants signal danger more than refuge in subtropical lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1320-1330

  Meerhoff, Mariana ^a,b,c   Fosalba, Claudia ^a   Bruzzone, Carla ^a   Mazzeo, Néstor ^a   Noordoven, Willemijn ^d   Jeppesen, Erik ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alarm signal; Chemical cue; Kairomone; Predator avoidance; Refuge effect

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; AVOIDANCE REACTION; HABITAT SELECTION; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CLADOCERA; CNESTERODON DECEMMACULATUS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA OBTUSA; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; PISTIA STRATIOTES; SALVINIA AURICULATA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33745142610     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01574.x     Document Type: Article

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