Shelter selection in juvenile Atlantic salmon, or why do salmon seek shelter in winter?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-49

  Valdimarsson, S K ^a   Metcalfe, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Energetics; Nocturnalism; Salmo salar; Sheltering behaviour; Winter concealment

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC SALMON; FISH JUVENILE; REFUGE; SHELTER; STREAM BED;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0031889606     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0557     Document Type: Article

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