Influence of moon phase on acoustic estimates of the abundance of fish performing daily horizontal migration in a small oligotrophic lake

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 581-590

  Gaudreau, Nathalie ^a   Boisclair, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOON;

PHOXINUS EOS; PHOXINUS NEOGAEUS;

EID: 0034059403     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-277     Document Type: Article

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