Homing abilities of dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) displaced from fish aggregating devices (FADs) determined using ultrasonic telemetry

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-321

  Girard, Charlotte ^a,f   Dagorn, Laurent ^a   Taquet, Marc ^b   Aumeeruddy, Riaz ^c   Peignon, Christophe ^d   Benhamou, Simon ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c SFA   (Seychelles)

^d IRD   (Seychelles)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^f CLS   (France)

Author keywords

Fish behaviour; Floating objects; Horizontal movements; Indian Ocean; Orientation behaviour; Ultrasonic telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PELAGIC FISH; PERCIFORM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAGGING; TELEMETRY; ULTRASONICS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; CORYPHAENIDAE;

EID: 39749159740     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008005     Document Type: Article

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