Movement and behaviour of large southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) in the Australian region determined using pop-up satellite archival tags

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 352-367

  Patterson, Toby A ^a   Evans, Karen ^a   Carter, Thor I ^a   Gunn, John S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat preferences; Pop up satellite archival tag; Southern bluefin tuna; Spatial dynamics; Spawning migration

Indexed keywords

FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE; SPAWNING GROUND; TAGGING;

AUSTRALASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 51349165266     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2008.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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