Environmental preferences of longlining for yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the tropical high seas of the Indian Ocean

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 239-253

  Song, Li Ming ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Xu, Liu Xiong ^a   Jiang, Wen Xin ^a   Wang, Jia Qiao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental preference; Indian Ocean; Longline; Thunnus albacares; Tropical high seas

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LONGLINING; PERCIFORM; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; THERMOCLINE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 47349129067     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2008.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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