Interannual variation in large-scale movement of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) determined from pop-up satellite archival tags

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2154-2166

  Sibert, John R ^a   Lutcavage, Molly E ^b   Nielsen, Anders ^a   Brill, Richard W ^c   Wilson, Steven G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; KALMAN FILTER; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL CONCEPT; STOCHASTICITY; TAGGING;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 33751353783     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-114     Document Type: Article

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