Anisotropy and shift of search behavior in Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) larvae in response to prey availability

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 666, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 215-222

  Mahjoub, Mohamed Sofiane ^a,b,c,d   Souissi, Sami ^b,c,d   Schmitt, François G ^b,c,d   Nan, Fan Hua ^a   Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fish larva; Grouper; Plankton behavior; Search behavior; Trajectory analysis

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; PERCIFORM; PREY AVAILABILITY; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; VOLUME;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SP.; EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS MALABARICUS;

EID: 79953243411     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0549-4     Document Type: Article

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