Shoaling behaviour of fish under parasitism and predation risk

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-150

  Seppälä, Otto ^a   Karvonen, Anssi ^a   Valtonen, E Tellervo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

cataracts; Diplostomum spathaceum; eye fluke; host manipulation; Oncorhynchus mykiss; parasite host interactions; rainbow trout; transmission

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FISH; FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITISM; PREDATION RISK; SALMONID;

AVES; DIPLOSTOMUM SPATHACEUM; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; TREMATODA;

EID: 37349100918     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.04.022     Document Type: Article

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