Behavior of bigeye (Thunnus obesus) and skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) tunas within aggregations associated with floating objects in the equatorial eastern Pacific

Marine Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 781-792

  Schaefer, K M ^a   Fuller, D W ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOTELEMETRY; FISH; FLOATING BODY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); WORLD;

KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; PELAMIS; SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 15244357408     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1480-x     Document Type: Article

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