Avoidance of native versus non-native predator odours by migrating whitebait and juveniles of the common galaxiid, galaxias maculatus

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-184

  McLean, Felicity ^a   Barbee, Nicole C ^a   Swearer, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice experiments; Introduced species; Olfactory cues; Predator avoidance

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CLUPEOID; EEL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; JUVENILE; NATIVE SPECIES; ODOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID;

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; GALAXIAS MACULATUS; GALAXIIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34547399921     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330709509906     Document Type: Article

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