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dc.contributor.authorFauchald, Per
dc.contributor.authorMauritzen, Mette
dc.contributor.authorGjøsæter, Harald
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-12T13:02:00Z
dc.date.available2010-11-12T13:02:00Z
dc.date.issued2006-11
dc.identifier.issn0012-9658
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/108370
dc.descriptionCopyright by the Ecological Society of Americaen_US
dc.description.abstractThe migration of large aggregations of animals that sweep through the landscape is a phenomenon with large consequences in many ecosystems. It has been suggested that such migrations are mediated by resource depletion. Under this hypothesis it has been shown that simple foraging rules may generate density-dependent migratory waves (DDMW) in which the speed and amplitude increase with animal abundance. We tested these predictions on a 32-year data set of the spatial distribution of the two youngest age groups of a small pelagic schooling fish, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), by the end of their annual feeding migration in the Barents Sea. Our data suggest that the two age groups divided the Barents Sea by forming migratory waves that moved in opposite directions. The aggregation and spatial displacement of these waves increased with increasing age-specific abundance. However, possibly through social interactions, migratory pattern was modified by the abundance of the other age group.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherESA publicationsen_US
dc.subjectBarentshaveten_US
dc.subjectBarents Seaen_US
dc.subjectloddeen_US
dc.subjectcapelinen_US
dc.subjectvandringsmønsteren_US
dc.subjectmigration patternsen_US
dc.titleDensity-dependent migratory waves in the marine pelagic ecosystemen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Aquaculture: 922en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488en_US
dc.source.pagenumber2915-2924en_US
dc.source.volume87
dc.source.journalEcology
dc.source.issue11
dc.identifier.doi10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2915:DMWITM]2.0.CO;2


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