Water depth modifies relative predation risk for a motile fish taxon in Bahamian Tidal Creeks

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 518-525

  Rypel, Andrew L ^a   Layman, Craig A ^b   Arrington, D Albrey ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Loxahatchee River District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERCIFORM; PREDATION RISK; REFUGIUM; SURVIVAL; TIDAL CHANNEL; TRANSITION ZONE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH;

ANDROS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EUCINOSTOMUS; PISCES;

EID: 34548049501     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03036517     Document Type: Article

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