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Shovelnose sturgeon exhibit predator avoidance behaviour in the presence of a hungry predator
Article first published online: 23 SEP 2012
DOI: 10.1111/jai.12033
© 2012 Blackwell Verlag GmbH
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Hintz, W. D., Grimes, G. T. and Garvey, J. E. (2013), Shovelnose sturgeon exhibit predator avoidance behaviour in the presence of a hungry predator. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 29: 2–5. doi: 10.1111/jai.12033
Publication History
- Issue published online: 10 JAN 2013
- Article first published online: 23 SEP 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 21 MAY 2012
- Manuscript Received: 12 DEC 2011
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