Why do young Pacific bluefin tuna repeatedly dive to depths through the thermocline?

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-106

  Kitagawa, Takashi ^a   Kimura, Shingo ^a   Nakata, Hideaki ^b   Yamada, Harumi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archival tag; Behavioral thermoregulation; Feeding events; Pacific bluefin tuna; Repeated dive

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 33846643537     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01307.x     Document Type: Article

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