Swimming speeds and orientation of wild Atlantic salmon post-smolts during the first stage of the marine migration

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 271-274

  Okland F ^a   Thorstad, Eva B ^a   Finstad, B ^a   Sivertsgard R ^a   Plantalech, N ^a   Jepsen, N ^b   McKinley, R S ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Marine migration; Orientation; Post smolt; Salmo salar; Swimming speed

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; SALMONID; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 33746627595     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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