Escape responses in juvenile Atlantic cod Gadus morhua L.: The effects of turbidity and predator speed

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4174-4184

  Meager, Justin J ^a   Domenici, Paolo ^b,c   Shingles, Alex ^c   Utne Palm, Anne Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c International Marine Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cod; Escape response; Gadus morhua; Predator; Speed; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ESCAPE REACTION; GADUS MORHUA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 33751113625     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02489     Document Type: Article

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