Effects of light intensity on activity and pelagic dispersion of fish: Studies with a seabed-mounted echosounder

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 388-395

  Didrikas, Tomas ^a   Hansson, Sture ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activity; Clupea harengus; Fish; Light intensity; Pelagic dispersion; Stationary acoustics; Swimming speed

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CLUPEOID; DIEL VARIATION; ECHO SOUNDER; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT INTENSITY; PELAGIC FISH; SEAFLOOR; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 59849119673     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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