Danger on the rise: Diurnal tidal state mediates an exchange of food for safety by the bar-bellied sea snake Hydrophis elegans

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 358, Issue , 2008, Pages 289-294

  Kerford, Megan R ^a   Wirsing, Aaron J ^b   Heithaus, Michael R ^b   Dill, Lawrence M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Foraging; Galeocerdo cuvier; Hydrophis elegans; Predation risk; Prey vulnerability; Tiger shark

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FOOD SAFETY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEAGRASS; SHARK; SNAKE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEOCERDO; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; HYDROPHIIDAE; HYDROPHIS ELEGANS; SERPENTES;

EID: 44249124032     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07346     Document Type: Article

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