The ontogeny of predatory mechanisms in the fifteen-spined stickleback, Spinachia spinachia (L.) |
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| Authors: | M. J. Kaiser |
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| Affiliation: | Functional and Evolutionary Biology Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | Predatory behaviour is similar in juvenile and adult fifteen-spined sticklebacks. Despite achieving velocities up to 20.2 times faster than the prey, juvenile fish do not employ low-energy attacks. This contrasts with adults which adjust predatory behaviour according to prey-type, but may be a result of the unpredictable prey escape response. |
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| Keywords: | fifteen-spined sticklebacks predatory behaviour velocity ontogeny |
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