Waves affect predator-prey interactions between fish and benthic invertebrates

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-109

  Gabel, Friederike ^a   Stoll, Stefan ^b   Fischer, Philipp ^c   Pusch, Martin T ^a   Garcia, Xavier François ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foraging success; Hydrodynamic disturbance; Invertebrate detachment; Ship and wind induced waves

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SWIMMING; WATER COLUMN; WAVE;

ABRAMIS BRAMA; AMPHIPODA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS ROESELI; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; INVERTEBRATA; LEUCISCUS LEUCISCUS;

EID: 78650730533     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1841-8     Document Type: Article

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