Movements, behavior, and habitat utilization of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, ascertained through archival tag data

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 503-525

  Schaefer, Kurt M ^a   Fuller, Daniel W ^a   Block, Barbara A ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ISOTHERM; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIXED LAYER; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PREY CAPTURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SITE FIDELITY; TAGGING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 34548025103     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0689-x     Document Type: Article

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