Light- and flotsam-dependent 'float-and-wait' foraging by pelagic sea snakes (Pelamis platurus)

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2343-2347

  Brischoux, François ^a   Lillywhite, Harvey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT EFFECT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR; SNAKE; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; UPWELLING;

HYDROPHIIDAE; PELAMIS; PELAMIS PLATURUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 80052947539     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1738-z     Document Type: Article

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