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RECORD NUMBER: 126 OF 521Main Title | Effect of Thermal Shock on Predator Avoidance by Larvae of Two Fish Species. | |||||||||||
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Author | Deacutis, Christopher F. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Environmental Research Lab., Narragansett, RI. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1978 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA/600/J-78/141; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB-299 347 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Larvae ; Fishes ; Behavior ; Marine fishes ; Experimental data ; Acclimatization ; Vulnerability ; Effluents ; Fundulus majalis ; Water pollution effects(Animals) ; Menidia menidia ; Paralichthys dentatus ; Predator prey relationships ; Thermal effluents ; Thermal pollution | |||||||||||
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Collation | 6p | |||||||||||
Abstract | Larvae of two fish species, Menidia menidia and Paralichthys dentatus, were subjected to a 15-min thermal shock of 10 C above acclimation temperature, returned to acclimation temperature, and exposed to a predator, Fundulus majalis. Four- and six-week-old M. menidia were significantly more vulnerable to predation after being shocked than control larvae, but younger larvae were not. Shocked larvae of P. dentatus were less susceptible to predation than control larvae. |