Enrichment promotes learning in fish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 412, Issue , 2010, Pages 273-282

  Strand, David A ^a,c   Utne Palm, Anne C ^a   Jakobsen, Per J ^a   Braithwaite, Victoria A ^a,b   Jensen, Knut H ^a   Salvanes, Anne G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cod; Conservation; Feeding behaviour; Gadus morhua; Habitat enrichment; Social learning; Stock enhancement

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CRUSTACEAN; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GADOID; HABITAT CONSERVATION; JUVENILE; MAMMAL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REARING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GADUS MORHUA; GAMMARIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYSIDA;

EID: 77955958369     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08682     Document Type: Article

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