Modelling feeding, growth, and habitat selection in larval Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): Observations and model predictions in a macrocosm environment

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-151

  Kristiansen, Trond ^a   Fiksen, Øyvind ^a   Folkvord, Arild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREY AVAILABILITY;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 34247221596     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-176     Document Type: Article

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