Effects of predation risk on habitat selection by water column fish, benthic fish and crayfish in stream pools

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 527, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 209-221

  Magoulick, Daniel D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

fish assemblage; habitat shifts; prey size; spatial scale; water depth

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION RISKS; WATER COLUMNS;

BIODIVERSITY; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; FISH PONDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAM FLOW; WATER;

OCEAN HABITATS;

CRAYFISH; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION RISK; PREY SIZE;

ANHINGIDAE; ASTACOIDEA; CYPRINIFORMES; ETHEOSTOMA; ETHEOSTOMA SPECTABILE; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; ORCONECTES; ORCONECTES VIRILIS; PERCIFORMES; SEMOTILUS; SEMOTILUS ATROMACULATUS;

EID: 5444271343     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000043302.32382.59     Document Type: Article

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