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The Effects Of Refuge On Escape Responses Of Two Caribbean Goby Species, Russell P. Dauksis
The Effects Of Refuge On Escape Responses Of Two Caribbean Goby Species, Russell P. Dauksis
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The Effects of Refuge Abundance on Escape Responses of the Bridled Goby (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum)
Russell P. Dauksis
Major
Marine Biology
Advisor
Dr. Graham Forrester
Advisor Department
Natural Resources Science
Date
5-2012
Keywords
Escapology, marine ecology, functional morphology, animal behavior, predator-prey interactions, Bridled Goby, Coryphopterus glaucofraenum
Abstract
Interactions between predators and prey species are arguably the most pervasive and important events in ecology. Predators have strong effects on the distribution and abundance of prey in virtually all environments. In the long-term, it is therefore hardly surprising that selective mortality imposed by predators has shaped a wide array of prey behaviors …