Vertical distribution of juvenile Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus: Potential role of light, temperature, food, and age

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Davis, M W ^a   Ottmar, M L ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural adaption; Diel vertical migration; Feeding; Shoaling; Stratification; Thermal habitat

Indexed keywords

GADIDAE; GADUS MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 74349111053     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00209     Document Type: Article

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