Testing the shallow water refuge hypothesis in flatfish nurseries

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 415, Issue , 2010, Pages 275-282

  Ryer, C H ^a   Laurel, B J ^a   Stoner, A W ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Baited camera; Fish behavior; Nurseries; Predation; Tethering; Video sled

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CRUSTACEAN; FLATFISH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; NURSERY GROUND; REFUGE; SHALLOW WATER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ALASKA; KODIAK ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

CRUSTACEA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 77958068101     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08732     Document Type: Article

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