Multidimensiorial tracking of giant Pacific octopuses in Northern Japan reveals unexpected foraging behaviour

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-67

  Rigby, P Robin ^a   Sakurai, Yasunori ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONDITION MONITORING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN HABITATS;

ENTEROCTOPUS DOFLEINI; FISH; FORAGING; OCTOPUSES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONDITION MONITORING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS;

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CEPHALOPOD; COMPENSATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; TAGGING; TRACKING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

CEPHALOPODA; ENTEROCTOPUS DOFLEINI; OCTOPUS; PISCES;

EID: 28444497658     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/002533205787521730     Document Type: Article

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