Endogenous swimming rhythms of larval atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus latrobe: Implications for vertical migration

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 195-207

  Forward, Richard B ^a   Tankersley, Richard A ^b   Burke, John S ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic menhaden; Brevoortia tyrannus Larvae; Circadian rhythm; Diel vertical migration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTUARY; FISH; LARVA; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; MIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SWIMMING;

BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS;

ATLANTIC MENHADEN; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS; DIEL MIGRATION; FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; SWIMMING RHYTHM; VERTICAL MIGRATION; VERTICAL MIGRATIONS;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA, NEWPORT ESTUARY;

EID: 0030601503     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(96)02584-1     Document Type: Article

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