Frequency and success of ambush and chase predation in fish assemblages associated with seagrass and bare sediment in an Adriatic lagoon

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 649, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-37

  Schultz, Stewart T ^a   Kruschel, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic; Fish; Predator prey; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; EUROPEAN EEL; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SEAGRASSES; SIZE RANGES;

MAMMALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL SEDIMENT; EEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEADOW; PERCIFORM; PISCIVORY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEAGRASS;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NOVIGRAD;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIUS NIGER;

EID: 77952431167     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0256-1     Document Type: Article

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