Diel vertical migration of European hake Merluccius merluccius and associated temperature histories: Insights from a pilot data-storage tagging (DST) experiment

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 728-734

  De Pontual, H ^a   Jolivet, A ^a,b   Bertignac, M ^a   Fablet, R ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c LAB STICC   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cod; Electronic tagging; Tide; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; GADIFORMES; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; GADIFORMES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERIODICITY; PILOT PROJECTS; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

ANIMALIA; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS;

EID: 84864022481     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03345.x     Document Type: Article

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