Modeling foraging in the northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax): Individual behavior can predict school dynamics and population biology

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1179-1188

  Nonacs, Peter ^a   Smith, Paul E ^b   Mangel, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MODELING; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR;

ANCHOA; ANIMALIA; CLUPEIFORMES; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; PISCES;

EID: 0031773253     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-010     Document Type: Article

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