Depth and temperature preferences of the deepwater flatfish Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides in an Arctic marine ecosystem

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 467, Issue , 2012, Pages 193-205

  Peklova, Iva ^a   Hussey, Nigel E ^a   Hedges, Kevin J ^b   Treble, Margaret A ^b   Fisk, Aaron T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archival tags; Arctic; Depth preferences; Marine fish; Movement patterns; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD WATER; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DATA SET; DEEP WATER; DIEL VARIATION; FLATFISH; ICE COVER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SITE FIDELITY; TAGGING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; CUMBERLAND SOUND; NUNAVUT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; PLEURONECTIFORMES; REINHARDTIUS HIPPOGLOSSOIDES;

EID: 84868023746     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09899     Document Type: Article

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