Behavior of dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) around drifting FADs as observed from automated acoustic receivers

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-330

  Taquet, Marc ^a   Dagorn, Laurent ^b   Gaertner, Jean Claude ^c   Girard, Charlotte ^b   Aumerruddy, Riaz ^d   Sancho, Gorka ^e   Itano, David ^f  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^d Seychelles Fishing Authority   (Seychelles)

^e Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic tagging; Behavior of fish; Dolphinfish; Ecological trap; FAD; Indian Ocean; Meeting point; Ultrasonic telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE; PERCIFORM; RESIDENCE TIME; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; TAGGING; TELEMETRY; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); ULTRASONICS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST);

CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; CORYPHAENIDAE;

EID: 39749170485     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008008     Document Type: Article

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