Effects of turbidity on the spontaneous and prey-searching activity of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1487, 2007, Pages 2123-2130

  Meager, Justin J ^a   Batty, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity; Cod; Fish; Foraging; Juvenile; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CHEMORECEPTION; COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GADOID; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; PREY CAPTURE; TURBIDITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 35848943902     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2104     Document Type: Article

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