Periodic behavior and residence time of yellowfin and bigeye tuna associated with fish aggregating devices around Okinawa Islands, as identified with automated listening stations

Marine Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 581-594

  Ohta, I ^a,b   Kakuma, S ^a,c  

^a Okinawa Pref Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

^b Yaeyama Branch   (Japan)

^c Research Institute for Subtropics   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE; PERCIFORM; PERIODICITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; WORLD;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 13844299389     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1456-x     Document Type: Article

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