Adaptive behaviour of herring schools in the Norwegian Sea as revealed by high-resolution sonar

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 449-452

  Pitcher, Tony J ^a   Misund, Ole Arve ^b   Fernö, Anders ^c   Totland, Bjørn ^b   Melle, Vebjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Herring; Predators; Schooling; Sidescan sonar; Vessel avoidance

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS; GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; POLLACHIUS VIRENS;

ADAPTIVE RESPONSES; SCHOOL STRUCTURE; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOUR; SIDESCAN SONAR;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0029768319     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0063     Document Type: Article

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