Use of substratum ripples for flow refuging by Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 455-460

  Gerstner, Cynthia L ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Current; Fish; Station holding; Trough

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COD; CURRENT VELOCITY; FLOW REFUGE; SUBSTRATE RIPPLE;

EID: 0031953308     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007449630601     Document Type: Article

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