Barred grunters shift objects to access benthic invertebrates in a crater lake
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Ebner, Brendan C.; Donaldson, James A.; Starrs, Danswell
Description
Benthic structure mediates food web processes shaping benthic communities. By way of direct manipulation of benthos, the barred grunter Amniataba percoides is the third species of fish from the family Terapontidae (a mostly tropical central Pacific family of fishes) to be found manoeuvring benthic objects in search of prey. A popular lakeside swimming beach in the Australian Wet Tropics provided the arena for these observations, and the fish both exhibited pebble-rolling behavior in making use...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2019 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/204785 |
Source: | Food Webs |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.fooweb.2019.e00119 |
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