A semelparous fish continues upstream migration when exposed to alarm cue, but adjusts movement speed and timing

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 41-51

  Luhring, Thomas M ^a   Meckley, Trevor D ^a   Johnson, Nicholas S ^b   Siefkes, Michael J ^c   Hume, John B ^a   Wagner, C Michael ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

antipredator behaviour; lamprey; migration; predation risk; reproduction; semelparity; threat sensitive; trade off

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BREEDING SEASON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY METHOD; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TELEOST; VULNERABILITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; LIYU LAKE; TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIDAE; PETROMYZON MARINUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; SEA LAMPREYS;

EID: 84988027111     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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