Horizontal and vertical movements of juvenile bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) in relation to seasons and oceanographic conditions in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 409-421

  Kitagawa, Takashi ^a   Boustany, Andre M ^b   Farwell, Charles J ^c   Williams, Thomas D ^c   Castleton, Michael R ^b   Block, Barbara A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tuna Res and Conservation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Archival tag; Bluefin tuna; Eastern Pacific Ocean; Feeding event; Horizontal and vertical movements; Upwelling indices

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERCIFORM; SEASONALITY; TAGGING; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 34548026647     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2007.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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