Behavioral responses to light gradients, olfactory cues, and prey in larvae of two North Pacific gadids (Gadus macrocephalus and Theragra chalcogramma)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-49

  Colton, Amanda R ^a,b   Hurst, Thomas P ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging cues; Gadus macrocephalus; Kinesis; Larval behavior; Patchiness; Taxis; Theragra chalcogramma

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENCOUNTER RATE; GADOID; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; LIGHT EFFECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROHABITAT; OLFACTORY CUE; ONTOGENY; PATCHINESS; PREY CAPTURE; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING; TAXIS;

GADIDAE; GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; PISCES; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 77951766922     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9616-y     Document Type: Article

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