Behaviour of tigerfish Hydrocynus brevis in the River Niger, Mali, as revealed by simultaneous telemetry of activity and swimming depth

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 483, Issue , 2002, Pages 103-110

  Baras, E ^a   Togola, B ^b   Sicard, B ^b   Benech V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Institut de recherche pour le developpement Mali   (Mali)

Author keywords

Activity rhythms; Africa; Predation; Telemetry; Tigerfish

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; RIVERS; ROCKS; SENSORS; TELEMETERING;

VISUALLY ORIENTED PREDATORS;

AQUACULTURE;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIOR; FISH; PISCIVORE; TELEMETRY;

MALI;

ALESTIIDAE; HYDROCYNUS; TERAPONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036767497     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021359008246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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