Swimming behaviour of winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) on natural fishing grounds as observed by an underwater video camera

Fisheries Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 507-514

  He, Pingguo ^a,b  

^a a specialized research centre of the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleuronectes americanus; Swimming behaviour; Temperature; Winter flounder

Indexed keywords

FLATFISH FISHERY; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; UNDERWATER CAMERA; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 0037314407     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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