Foraging Trade‐offs in Fathead Minnows ( Pimephales promelas, Osteichthyes, Cyprinidae): Acquired Predator Recognition in the Absence of an Alarm Response

• Published in: Ethology
• Main Authors: Brown, Grant E., Smith, R. Jan F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1996
• Subjects: Minnows; The Minnows
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01166.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0310.1996.tb01166.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01166.x

Abstract Pike‐naive fathead minnows ( Pimephales promelas ) were fed ad libitum or deprived of food for 12, 24, or 48 h and then exposed to either conspecific alarm pheromone or distilled water and the odour of a predatory northern pike ( Esox lucius ). Minnows fed ad libitum or deprived for 12 h sh...