Vertical movements of Atlantic salmon post-smolts relative to measures of salinity and water temperature during the first phase of the marine migration

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-154

  Plantalech Manel La, N ^a,b   Thorstad, E B ^a   Davidsen, J G ^c   Okland F ^a   Sivertsgard R ^a   Mckinley, R S ^b   Finstad, Bengt ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lepeophtheirus salmonis; Salmo salar; Swimming depth; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

HATCHERY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SALINITY; SALMONID; SMOLT; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 62249162932     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2009.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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