Oceanic migration behaviour of tropical pacific eels from Vanuatu

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 475, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-190

  Schabetsberger, Robert ^a   Økland, Finn ^b   Aarestrup, Kim ^c   Kalfatak, Donna ^d   Sichrowsky, Ursula ^e   Tambets, Meelis ^f   Dall'Olmo, Giorgio ^g   Kaiser, Roland ^a   Miller, Peter I ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation ^*  (Vanuatu)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^g PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anguilla; Catadromy; Diel vertical migration; Predator avoidance; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; DIEL VARIATION; EEL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPAWNING; TRADE-OFF; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; VANUATU;

EID: 84874077080     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10254     Document Type: Article

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