Movement patterns, spatial distribution and depth preference by individual whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus in a small artificial lake

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-385

  Ovidio, Michaël ^a   Neus, Yvan ^a   Rimbaud, Gilles ^a   Hallot, Eric J ^a   Prévost, Vincent ^b   Legrain, Fanny ^b   Philippart, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Hydrology and Fluvial Geomorphology Research Center ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Coregonids; Individual behaviour; Lake; Mobility

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEPTH; INDIVIDUALISM; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MOBILITY; SALMONID; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIEGE [BELGIUM]; ROBERTVILLE LAKE; WESTERN EUROPE;

COREGONUS LAVARETUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33846495148     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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