Sentence examples for fish prey from inspiring English sources
A tropical sea snail uses a potent form of insulin to subdue its fish prey, scientists have discovered.
Juveniles have narrower pointy teeth with cusplets (small nodules either side of the main body of the tooth), ideal for gripping fish prey.
"Neither you nor I, with our earth-bound senses, know the foam and surge of the tide that beats over the crab hiding under the seaweed of his tide-pool home; or the lilt of the long, slow swells of mid-ocean, where shoals of wandering fish prey and are preyed upon, and the dolphin breaks the waves to breathe the upper atmosphere".
The main driver of their decline is not clear because of the sheer range of human activities operating along China's longest river, but sand dredging, shipping, legal and illegal fishing, pollution, habitat degradation and a reduction of fish prey are all factors.
Since reef macrofauna include many important fish prey species, oyster reef restoration may have the potential to augment fish production by increasing fish prey densities and fish foraging efficiency.
The effects of drain maintenance on fish habitat and benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages (fish prey) were investigated for eight agricultural drains in southwestern Ontario, Canada.
The only non-fish prey detected was from a single sequence identified as the squid Gonatus antarcticus.
For confirmation of the potential interaction between the septin bait and the fished prey clones in a one-to-one fashion, β-Galactosidase activity in yeast cells was determined using the filter assay method.
The optic tectum is relatively larger in fish that prey on fish or other fast-moving prey, and clear water fishes develop larger optic tecta than species inhabiting turbid waters [ 6].
Fine-scale effects of seagrass habitats on predator prey interactions involving invertebrates have been well studied while less is known about their effects on fish as prey.
Even eagles living in relatively arid regions still typically rely primarily on fish as prey.
