Journal article
Visibility conditions and diel period affect small-scale spatio-temporal behaviour of pike Esox lucius in the absence of prey and conspecifics
Section for Freshwater Fisheries Ecology, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark1
National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark2
Section for Population Ecology and Genetics, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark3
Pike Esox lucius in the absence of prey and conspecifics were shown to have the highest habitat-change activity during dusk and to decrease preference for complex habitats in turbid water. As the behaviours indicate routine responses in the absence of behavioural interactions, E. lucius spatio-temporal distributions should be directly affected and thereby more easily assessed and avoided by prey, with potential consequences for encounter rates.
Language: | English |
---|---|
Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 2384-2389 |
ISSN: | 10958649 and 00221112 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03284.x |
ORCIDs: | Baktoft, Henrik and Skov, Christian |