“…The plaice did not home in on patches of D. vittatus from a distance and intensive search behaviour always began in or near a patch, suggesting a localized cue. Juvenile plaice forage mainly in daylight (Edwards & Steele, 1968;de Groot, 1971;Lockwood, 1980) and detect their prey by sight (Blaxter, 1968;de Groot, 1971;Burrows, 1994 bivalves in the dark (Blaxter, 1968;Burrows et al, 1994), possibly detecting the respiratory currents generated by these prey (de Groot, 1971). However, it is not known whether the cue triggering intensive search was visual, tactile or chemical.…”