A general theory on fish aggregation to floating objects: An alternative to the meeting point hypothesis

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-277

  Castro, José J ^a   Santiago, Jóse A ^a   Santana Ortega, Ana T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drifting flotsam; FAD; Fish Aggregating Devices; Floating structures; Indicator log; Meeting point

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; FISH; FLOATING BODY;

ALGAE; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 0035774279     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020302414472     Document Type: Article

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