Seasonal and diel effects on the activity of northern pike studied by high-resolution positional telemetry

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 386-394

  Baktoft, Henrik ^a   Aarestrup, Kim ^a   Berg, Søren ^a   Boel, Mikkel ^a   Jacobsen, Lene ^a   Jepsen, Niels ^a   Koed, Anders ^a   Svendsen, Jon C ^b   Skov, Christian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Diel patterns; Esox; Temperate lake; Winter biology

Indexed keywords

ESOCIDAE; ESOX; ESOX LUCIUS;

EID: 84861927593     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2012.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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