Diel movement patterns of ocean sunfish Mola mola off southern California

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 266, Issue , 2004, Pages 245-253

  Cartamil, Daniel P ^a   Lowe, Christopher G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Bycatch; Drift gillnet fishery; Pelagic tracking; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; BYCATCH; DIEL MIGRATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GILLNET; MOVEMENT; THERMOREGULATION;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); SANTA CATALINA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANISOTREMUS TAENIATUS; MOLA; MOLA MOLA; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 1342268716     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps266245     Document Type: Article

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