Observational learning improves predator avoidance in hatchery-reared Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus juveniles

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-64

  Arai, Tomoko ^a   Tominaga, Osamu ^a   Seikai, Tadahisa ^a   Masuda, Reiji ^b  

^a FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feeding; Japanese flounder; Observational learning; Predator avoidance; Stock enhancement

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLATFISH; HATCHERY; JUVENILE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDATOR; STOCK ENHANCEMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 34347251180     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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