Site fidelity, homing and spawning migrations of flounder Platichthys flesus in the Tamar estuary, South West England

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 430, Issue , 2011, Pages 183-196

  Dando, P R ^a  

^a Marine Biological   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

English Channel; Flounder; Marking; Migration; Platichthys flesus; Site fidelity; Tamar estuary

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLATFISH; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION; MUDFLAT; SITE FIDELITY; SPAWNING GROUND;

ENGLAND; PLYMOUTH SOUND; TAMAR ESTUARY [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 79957586130     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09116     Document Type: Article

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