Reactions in individual fish to strobe light. Field and aquarium experiments performed on whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 483, Issue , 2002, Pages 39-44

  Königson, Sara ^a   Fjälling, Arne ^b   Lunneryd, Sven Gunnar ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Coregonus lavaretus; Fish avoidance; Strobe light; Whitefish

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; WATER TANKS;

WATER POWER STATIONS;

AQUACULTURE;

AVOIDANCE REACTION; FISH; FISHING GEAR; LIGHT EFFECT;

COREGONUS; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; PISCES;

EID: 0347926155     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021342520542     Document Type: Conference Paper

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