The migratory behaviour of North Sea plaice: Currents, clocks and clues

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-36

  Metcalfe, Julian D ^a   Hunter, Ewan ^a   Buckley, Ainsley A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Data storage tags; Endogenous clocks; Migration; Plaice; Vertical activity

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; FISH; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 33645633307     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240600563404     Document Type: Review

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