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Prey experience of predation influences mortality rates at settlement in a coral reef fish, Pomacentrus amboinensis
Author(s) -
McCormick M. I.,
Holmes T. H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00982.x
Subject(s) - damselfish , predation , biology , coral reef fish , fishery , pomacentridae , coral reef , ecology , coral , reef
Previous exposure to predators influenced the survival immediately after settlement in a coral reef damselfish, Pomacentrus amboinensis . Rapid learning of antipredator behaviour may in part have driven the rapid increase in survival in the days following this critical transition.