Diel vertical migration of adult Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus in Alaska

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 170-189

  Nichol, D G ^a   Kotwicki, S ^a   Zimmermann, M ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

archival tags; crepuscular; eastern Bering Sea; foraging; Gulf of Alaska; prey search

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARCHIVAL TAGS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CREPUSCULAR; EASTERN BERING SEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORAGING; GADIFORMES; GULF OF ALASKA; MALE; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREY SEARCH; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ARCHIVAL TAGS; CREPUSCULAR; EASTERN BERING SEA; FORAGING; GULF OF ALASKA; PREY SEARCH;

ALASKA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GADIFORMES; MALE; TEMPERATURE;

GADUS MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 84879780026     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12160     Document Type: Article

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