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The influence of prey identity and size on selection of prey by two marine fishes
| Title: | The influence of prey identity and size on selection of prey by two marine fishes. |
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| Name(s): |
Main, Kevan L., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1985 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Extent: | 9 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3353752 (digitool), FADT3353752 (IID), fau:6596 (fedora), 10.1016/0022-0981(85)90034-6 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Laboratory experiments were conducted with two predatory fishes, Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus) and Syngnathus floridae (Jordan & Gilbert), to determine if prey selection was a result of predator preference or prey accessibility. Prey consisted of two species of caridean shrimp, Tozeuma carolinense (Kingsley) and Hippolyte zostericola (Smith), that commonly inhabit seagrass meadows. Natural diets of both predators revealed that selection of Tozeuma and Hippolyte was not related to their field densities. My experiments demonstrated that natural prey selection was a consequence of prey accessibility, not predator preference. The final published version of this manuscript is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00220981 and may be cited as: Main, K. L. (1985). The influence of prey identity and size on selection of prey by two marine fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 88(2), 145-152. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(85)90034-6 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #433. |
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| Subject(s): |
Predators Marine fishes Lagodon rhomboides Syngnathus floridae Shrimps Predation (Biology) |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3353752 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(85)90034-6 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1985 Elsevier B.V. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
