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Foraging success of juvenile pike Esox lucius depends on visual conditions and prey pigmentation

Jönsson, Mikael LU ; Hylander, Samuel LU ; Ranåker, Lynn LU ; Nilsson, Anders LU orcid and Brönmark, Christer LU (2011) In Journal of Fish Biology 79(1). p.290-297
Abstract
Young-of-the-year pike Esox lucius foraging on copepods experienced different foraging success depending on prey pigmentation in water visually degraded by brown colouration or algae. Both attack rate and prey consumption rate were higher for E. lucius foraging on transparent prey in brown water, whereas the opposite was true in algal turbid water. Pigments in copepod prey may have a cryptic function in brown water instead of a photo-protective function even if prey-size selectivity was stronger than selection based on pigmentation in juvenile E. lucius. (C) 2011 The Authors Journal of Fish Biology (C) 2011 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles
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background contrast, cryptic pigmentation, turbidity, vision, water, colour
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Journal of Fish Biology
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79
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290 - 297
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Wiley-Blackwell
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0022-1112
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10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03004.x
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English
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  abstract     = {{Young-of-the-year pike Esox lucius foraging on copepods experienced different foraging success depending on prey pigmentation in water visually degraded by brown colouration or algae. Both attack rate and prey consumption rate were higher for E. lucius foraging on transparent prey in brown water, whereas the opposite was true in algal turbid water. Pigments in copepod prey may have a cryptic function in brown water instead of a photo-protective function even if prey-size selectivity was stronger than selection based on pigmentation in juvenile E. lucius. (C) 2011 The Authors Journal of Fish Biology (C) 2011 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles}},
  author       = {{Jönsson, Mikael and Hylander, Samuel and Ranåker, Lynn and Nilsson, Anders and Brönmark, Christer}},
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  keywords     = {{background contrast; cryptic pigmentation; turbidity; vision; water; colour}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{290--297}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Journal of Fish Biology}},
  title        = {{Foraging success of juvenile pike Esox lucius depends on visual conditions and prey pigmentation}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03004.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03004.x}},
  volume       = {{79}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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