Age effects on diel activity patterns of juvenile Atlantic salmon: Parr are more nocturnal than young-of-the-year

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1731-1736

  Imre, I ^a   Boisclair, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diurnal; Habitat use; Nocturnal density; Population assessment; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGE STRUCTURE; DIEL VARIATION; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; SALMONID;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; SALMO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 3042512061     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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