Fish foraging behaviour in theory and practice

Fish Behaviour

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 235-268

  Hart, Paul J B ^a   Webster, Michael M ^b   Ward, Ashley J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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