Experimentally increased turbidity causes behavioural shifts in Lake Malawi cichlids

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 529-536

  Gray, Suzanne M ^a,c   Sabbah, Shai ^a   Hawryshyn, Craig W ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Foraging; Territoriality; Visual environment

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 80054017228     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2011.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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