Do gill parasites influence the foraging and antipredator behaviour of rainbow darters, Etheostoma caeruleum?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 817-823

  Crane, Adam L ^a   Fritts, Andrea K ^a   Mathis, Alicia ^a   Lisek, John C ^a   Barnhart, M Chris ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm cue; Etheostoma caeruleum; Glochidia; Parasite; Rainbow darter; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; CHEMICAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; JUVENILE; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PERCID; PREDATION RISK; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL;

ANHINGIDAE; ETHEOSTOMA CAERULEUM; GLOCHIDIA; PTYCHOBRANCHUS OCCIDENTALIS; UNIONIDAE; VENUSTACONCHA PLEASII;

EID: 80052779636     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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