The behavioural ecology of burbot, Lota lota: Diel migrations, spatial behavioural syndromes, and behavioural thermoregulation in a reservoir resident.

• Main Author: Harrison, Philip Murray
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2015
• Subjects: Biology; British Columbia; Canada; Burbot; Lota lota; lota
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/9558

While the impacts of hydropower development on diadromous and riverine fish species have received considerable attention, the ecology and behaviour of fish species residing in hydropower reservoirs is not well understood. As a winter-specialist species, commonly found in hydropower impoundments in N...