Feeding tactics of a behaviorally plastic predator, summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 68-75

  Staudinger, M D ^a   Juanes, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attack strategy; Feeding behavior; Longfin inshore squid (Loligo pealeii); Selection; Summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus); Swallow orientation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CEPHALOPOD; FEEDING MECHANISM; FLATFISH; HANDLING TIME; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION;

AVES; CEPHALOPODA; FUNDULUS; LOLIGO PEALEI; MENIDIA; MENIDIA MENIDIA; PARALICHTHYS; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 77953128054     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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