Behavioural responses of prey fishes to habitat complexity and predation risk induce bias in minnow trap catches

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 533-538

  Dupuch, A ^a   Paradis, Y ^a,b   Magnan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Chrosomus eos; Fish trapping data; Sampling bias; Sheltering; Shoaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CYPRINIFORMES; FOOD CHAIN; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYPRINIDAE; FOOD CHAIN; PLANTS; ZOOLOGY;

CHROSOMUS; CYPRINIDAE; PHOXINUS EOS; PISCES;

EID: 79960699814     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03029.x     Document Type: Article

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