Behavioural and developmental responses of predatory coral reef fish to variation in the abundance of prey

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 855-864

  Beukers Stewart, B D ^a,b   Beukers Stewart, J S ^a,b   Jones, G P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Food limitation; Population regulation; Predation; Predator responses

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; PATCHINESS; PERCIFORM; PISCIVORE; POPULATION REGULATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ANTHOZOA; CEPHALOPHOLIS BOENAK; PORITES CYLINDRICA; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 79961022521     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0792-9     Document Type: Article

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