Environmental influences on unsteady swimming behaviour: Consequences for predatorprey and mating encounters in teleosts

Fish Locomotion: An Eco-ethological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 281-307

  Wilson, R S ^a   Lefrancois C ^b   Domenici, P ^c   Johnston, I A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1201/b10190     Document Type: Chapter

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