Diel periodicity and environmental influence on the smolt migration of Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus, Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, and brown trout, Salmo trutta, in northern Norway

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 403-413

  Carlsen, Kristian T ^a   Berg, Ole K ^b   Finstad, Bengt ^c   Heggberget, Tor G ^c  

^a Strandveien 11   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

light; predator; rhythms; social interaction; social release; water discharge; water temperature

Indexed keywords

DIEL MIGRATION; MIGRATION; PERIODICITY; SALMONID; SMOLT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 3943051457     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000035438.85321.fa     Document Type: Article

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