Internal wave-mediated shading causes frequent vertical migrations in fishes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 452, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Kaartvedt, Stein ^a,b   Klevjer, Thor A ^a,b   Aksnes, Dag L ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Anti predation window; Internal waves; Shading; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CHLOROPHYLL A; INTERNAL WAVE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PELAGIC FISH; SHADING; SOUND SCATTERING; TURBIDITY; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WAVE ACTION; WAVE HEIGHT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT;

PISCES;

EID: 84860239509     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09688     Document Type: Article

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