Tuna schools/aggregations in surface longline data 1993–98

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 633-644

  Kirby, David S ^a   Abraham, Edward R ^b   Uddstrom, Michael J ^b   Dean, Hudson ^b  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Longline; Nearest neighbour distance; Schooling; Tunas

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CATCH STATISTICS; LONGLINING; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR;

SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 0346399543     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2003.9517194     Document Type: Article

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