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Habitat selection in whiting
Author(s) -
Atkinson C. J. L.,
Bergmann M.,
Kaiser M. J.
Publication year - 2004
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.1095-8649.2004.00340.x
Subject(s) - whiting , habitat , biology , fishery , ecology , selection (genetic algorithm) , preference , predation , predator , fish <actinopterygii> , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science
Given a choice of habitats in a laboratory experiment, whiting Merlangius merlangus preferentially spent most time over sand, then gravel and least time over a habitat with emergent structures. The introduction of a predator stimulus increased the preference for the sand habitat for large whiting, whereas small whiting had an increased preference for the habitat with emergent structures.