Escape responses of herring larvae to visual stimuli

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 647-654

  Batty, R S ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE BEHAVIOUR; HERRING;

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 0024877575     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400031039     Document Type: Article

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