Movement and activity patterns of the black piranha

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-52

  Cohen, Miles A ^a   Beaumont, William R C ^b   Thorp, Natalie C ^a  

^a River Laboratory ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home range; Peru; Radio tracking; Serrasalmus rhombeus; Transmitters

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIURNAL VARIATION; FISH; MOVEMENT;

SERRASALMUS RHOMBEUS;

EID: 0032992058     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007489424146     Document Type: Article

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