Link between vertical and horizontal movement patterns of cod in the North Sea

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-142

  Hobson, Victoria J ^a,b   Righton, David ^b   Metcalfe, Julian D ^b   Hays, Graeme C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geolocation; Groundfish; Hidden Markov model; Horizontal movement; Locational accuracy; Vertical behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 65549159149     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00144     Document Type: Article

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