Sensory complementation and antipredator behavioural compensation in acid-impacted juvenile Atlantic salmon

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-78

  Elvidge, C K ^a   Macnaughton, C J ^a,b   Brown, G E ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Damage released chemical cues; Predator prey interactions; Public information; Risk assessment; Threat sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL CUE; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL CUE;

PISCES; SALMO SALAR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATLANTIC SALMON; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CUES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84876174812     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2478-6     Document Type: Article

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