Diel Vertical Migrations by Juvenile Sockeye Salmon and the Antipredation Window

@article{Clark1988DielVM,
  title={Diel Vertical Migrations by Juvenile Sockeye Salmon and the Antipredation Window},
  author={Colin Whitcomb Clark and David Alan Levy},
  journal={The American Naturalist},
  year={1988},
  volume={131},
  pages={271 - 290}
}
  • C. Clark, D. Levy
  • Published 1 February 1988
  • Environmental Science
  • The American Naturalist
Diel migrations between habitats containing different levels of food abundance is a common phenomenon among marine organisms, both vertebrate and invertebrate. We hypothesize that in many cases this behavior constitutes a response to diel changes in the relationship between potential feeding rates and predation risks in the different habitats. For planktivores that locate their prey by sight (such as juvenile sockeye salmon) and that in turn are subject to predators that use sight to locate… 
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