Use of sand wave habitats by silver hake

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-152

  Auster, P J ^a   Lindholm, J ^a,b   Schaub, S ^a   Funnell, G ^c   Kaufman, L S ^d   Valentine, P C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Flow refuges; Landscape; Merluccius bilinearis; Social foraging; Video

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CURRENT VELOCITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; REFUGE; SAND WAVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK; GULF OF MAINE; STELLWAGEN BANK;

MERLUCCIUS; MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 0043191326     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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