Anthropogenic noise compromises antipredator behaviour in European eels

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 586-593

  Simpson, Stephen D ^a   Purser, Julia ^b   Radford, Andrew N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitness consequences; Global change; Noise pollution; Shipping; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EEL; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EELS; ENGLAND; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; NOISE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84923250677     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12685     Document Type: Article

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