Horizontal and Vertical Migration of Anglerfish Lophius piscatorius in Relation to Hydrography in Faroese Waters

Adult anglerfish conduct annual migrations between spawning areas and feeding areas; for Faroese waters this migration has so far not been described. Therefore, anglerfish migration and distribution in Faroese waters was investigated by mark-recapture studies, including data storage tags, as well as...

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Published in:Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors: Lise Helen Ofstad, Hjálmar Hátún, Torstein Pedersen, Petur Steingrund, Bjarni Mikkelsen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Subjects:
anglerfish
data storage tag
hydrography
Faroe Islands
Lophius piscatorius
mark-recapture
Science
Q
General. Including nature conservation
geographical distribution
QH1-199.5
Faroe Shelf
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.823066
https://doaj.org/article/7507f2394e854232aea60ce50f4358e3

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