Swimming behaviour and migration of a swordfish recorded by an archival tag

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 527-534

  Takahashi, Mio ^a   Okamura, Hiroshi ^a   Yokawa, Kotaro ^a   Okazaki, Makoto ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diel patterns; Vertical distribution; Water temperature Xiphias gladius

Indexed keywords

DIEL MIGRATION; MIGRATION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TAGGING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 0141634061     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF01245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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