Behaviour and sensory physiology of Atlantic menhaden larvae, Brevoortia tyrannus, during horizontal transport

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 37-56

  Forward Jr , R B ^a   De Vries, M C ^a   Tankersley, R A ^b   Rittschof, D ^a   Hettler, W F ^c   Burke, J S ^c   Welch, J M ^a   Hoss, D E ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic menhaden; Brevoortia tyrannus; Circadian rhythm; Diel vertical migration; Larvae; Photoresponses; Salinity; Selective tidal stream transport; Swimbladder deflation; Swimbladder inflation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CLUPEOID; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HYDROGRAPHY; LARVAL TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS;

EID: 0342546517     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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