Continuous acoustic studies of overwintering sprat sprattus sprattus reveal flexible behavior

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 464, Issue , 2012, Pages 245-256

  Solberg, Ingrid ^a   Klevjer, Thor A ^a   Kaartvedt, Stein ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

'Rise and sink' swimming; Ice cover; Overwintering; Schooling; Sprat

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLUPEOID; DARK; ECHO SOUNDING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FJORD; ICE COVER; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY LOCATION; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORWAY;

CLUPEIDAE; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 84866719525     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09877     Document Type: Article

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