Size-dependent vulnerability of juvenile bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli to bluefish predation: Does large body size always provide a refuge?

• Main Authors: Scharf, Frederick S., Buckel, Jeffrey A., Juanes, Francis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Marine environment; Atlantic Ocean; Trophic factor; Body size; North Atlantic; Predator; Vulnerability; Pisces; Réponse fonctionnelle; Predator efficiency; Functional response; Feeding preference; Predator prey relation; Predatory behavior; Capture rate; Etude expérimentale; Larva; Vertebrata; Efficacité prédatrice; Long Island Sound; Taux capture; Experimental study; Long Island; Small Bay
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17615/ytz4-q568; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/hm50v1632?file=thumbnail; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/hm50v1632

Bay anchovy are known to be an important component of food webs in estuarine and coastal waters along the US east coast. Despite their role as a primary forage species for several top-level predators in these systems, very little is known about their behavioral interactions with predators and the vu...