Determining summer residence status and vertical habitat use of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) in the Arabian Gulf

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1791-1799

  Hoolihan, John P ^a   Luo, Jiangang ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Movement; Pop up satellite tags; Sailfish; Vertical behaviour

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; SUMMER; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 44649147970     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm148     Document Type: Article

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