Behaviour of Atlantic cod, a marine fish predator, during Atlantic salmon post-smolt migration

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2152-2162

  Hedger, Richard D ^a   Uglem, Ingebrigt ^a   Thorstad, Eva B ^a   Finstad, Bengt ^a   Chittenden, Cedar M ^b   Arechavala Lopez, Pablo ^c   Jensen, Arne J ^a   Nilsen, Rune ^d   Økland, Finn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

acoustic telemetry; depth use; diel patterns; fjord

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOTELEMETRY; DIEL VARIATION; FEEDING; FJORD; GADOID; HYDROPHONE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PREDATOR; RIVER WATER; SALMONID; SMOLT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; TAGGING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

GADUS MORHUA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 80054090583     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr143     Document Type: Article

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