Are Spotted Bass (Micropterus punctulatus) attracted to Schreckstoff? A test of the predator attraction hypothesis

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2004, Pages 592-598

  Cashner, Mollie F ^a,b  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERCIFORM; PREDATION;

COTTUS GOBIO; CYPRINELLA; CYPRINELLA VENUSTA; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS OLIVACEUS; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS PUNCTULATUS; OSTARIOPHYSI; PERCIFORMES; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES VIGILAX; PISCES;

EID: 4444325818     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-03-286R     Document Type: Article

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