Sensing the strike of a predator fish depends on the specific gravity of a prey fish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3769-3777

  Stewart, William J ^a   McHenry, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Hair cells; Lateral line system; Predator prey interaction; Specific gravity

Indexed keywords

AIR SAC; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVA; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RELATIVE DENSITY; SUCKING; SWIMMING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ZEBRA FISH;

AIR SACS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LARVA; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 78649290604     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.046946     Document Type: Article

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