Deep diving behavior observed in yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-88

  Dagorn, Laurent ^a   Holland, Kim N ^b   Hallier, Jean Pierre ^c   Taquet, Marc ^d   Moreno, Gala ^e   Sancho, Gorka ^f   Itano, David G ^g   Aumeeruddy, Riaz ^h   Girard, Charlotte ^a   Million, Julien ⁱ   Fonteneau, Alain ^j  

^a IRD   (Seychelles)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Regional Tuna Tagging Project Indian Ocean (RTTP IO)   (Seychelles)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^f School of Business   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h Seychelles Fishing Authority   (Seychelles)

ⁱ IOTC   (Seychelles)

^j INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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Author keywords

Archival tag; Diving behavior; Indian Ocean; Swimming speed; Vertical movements; Yellowfin tuna

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE WATER; THERMOCLINE; TUNA FISHERY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 33645772246     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2006008     Document Type: Article

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