CRYPSIS AND BEHAVIOR IN SANDHOPPERS - ANTIPREDATOR EFFECTIVENESS IN THE WATER

Authors
UGOLINI A
Citation
A. Ugolini, CRYPSIS AND BEHAVIOR IN SANDHOPPERS - ANTIPREDATOR EFFECTIVENESS IN THE WATER, Ethology, 103(1), 1997, pp. 41-46
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Biological",Zoology,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Ethology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01791613
Volume
103
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
41 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0179-1613(1997)103:1<41:CABIS->2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Predation experiments in tanks with the two-banded bream fish Diphlodu s vulgaris and the sandhopper Talitrus saltator demonstrated that: 1. some specific behaviours; and 2. crypsis oi the back have an antipreda tor function. They reduced by one-hall the predatory attacks in the wa ter, under artificial conditions.