Long-term acoustical observations of the mesopelagic fish Maurolicus muelleri reveal novel and varied vertical migration patterns

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 441, Issue , 2011, Pages 241-255

  Staby, Arved ^a   Røstad, Anders ^b,c   Kaartvedt, Stein ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diel vertical migration; DVM; Maurolicus muelleri; Ontogeny; Scattering layers; Stationary hydroacoustics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEEP WATER; FINFISH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ONTOGENY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

HORDALAND; MASFJORDEN; NORWAY;

MAUROLICUS MUELLERI;

EID: 81255167456     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09363     Document Type: Article

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