Behavioural ecology at sea of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) kelts from a Newfoundland (Canada) river

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 174-191

  Reddin, D G ^a   Downton, P ^a   Fleming, I A ^b   Hansen, L P ^c   Mahon, A ^d  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Lotek Wireless   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Depth habitat; Kelts; Temperature preferences

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; HABITAT USE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SALMONID; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CAMPBELLTON RIVER; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

PISCES; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 79953804957     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2011.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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