Vertical movement patterns of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelomis) in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, as revealed with archival tags

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-389

  Schaefer, Kurt M ^a   Fuller, Daniel W ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KATSUWONUS; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 34848922724     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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