Effects of brown and turbid water on piscivore-prey fish interactions along a visibility gradient

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1761-1768

  Ranåker, Lynn ^a   Jönsson, Mikael ^a   Nilsson, P Anders ^a   Brönmark, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Escape distance; Foraging; Reaction distance; Visual range

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ESOCIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 84864121595     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02836.x     Document Type: Article

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