Ink from longfin inshore squid, Doryteuthis pealeii, as a chemical and visual defense against two predatory fishes, summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, and sea catfish, Ariopsis felis

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 152-160

  Derby, Charles D ^a,b   Tottempudi, Mihika ^a,b   Love Chezem, Tiffany ^a,b   Wolfe, Lanna S ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FISH; MELANIN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SUMMER;

INK; MELANIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CEPHALOPOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOUNDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATFISHES; DECAPODIFORMES; ESCAPE REACTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOUNDER; INK; MELANINS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84892692232     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/bblv225n3p152     Document Type: Article

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