Diversity of behavioural patterns displayed by a summer feeding aggregation of Atlantic sturgeon in the intertidal region of Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 496, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-69

  McLean, Montana F ^a   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^b   Heupel, Michelle R ^b,c   Dadswell, Michael J ^a   Stokesbury, Michael J W ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Atlantic sturgeon; Crepuscular activity; Fine scale movement; Intertidal; Spatial and temporal patterns; Trajectory; Vemco Positioning System; VPS

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAIN SIZE; HABITAT USE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; MOVEMENT; POLYCHAETE; RADIOTELEMETRY; TELEOST; TRAJECTORY; TURBIDITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; MINAS BASIN; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 84893353425     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10555     Document Type: Article

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