Olive-headed sea snakes Disteria major shift seagrass microhabitats to avoid shark predation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 387, Issue , 2009, Pages 287-293

  Wirsing, Aaron J ^a,b   Heithaus, Michael R ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti predator behavior; Predation risk; Predator indirect effects; Prey escape tactics; Tiger shark

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MICROHABITAT; PREDATION RISK; PREDICTION; SEAGRASS; SHARK; SNAKE;

CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEOCERDO; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; HYDROPHIIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 68649101171     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08127     Document Type: Article

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