Scale-invariant movements of fishermen: The same foraging strategy as natural predators

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-337

  Bertrand, Sophie ^a,c   Bertrand, Arnaud ^a   Guevara Carrasco, Renato ^b   Gerlotto, François ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

Author keywords

Fishermen's spatial behavior; Lagrangian approach; L vy random walk; Peruvian anchovy; Predator prey relationships; Vessel monitoring system

Indexed keywords

FISHING VESSEL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MONITORING; MOVEMENT; PELAGIC FISH; SATELLITE; SPATIAL COGNITION; TELEOST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS RINGENS;

EID: 34247239935     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0303     Document Type: Article

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