Behavior of yellowfin (Thunnus albacares) and bigeye (T. obesus) tuna in a network of fish aggregating devices (FADs)

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 595-606

  Dagorn, Laurent ^a   Holland, Kim N ^b   Itano, David G ^c  

^a France)   (Seychelles)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE; FISHERY SURVEY; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERCIFORM; TAGGING; TUNA FISHERY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 33947542891     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0511-1     Document Type: Article

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