Feeding ecology of wild migratory tunas revealed by archival tag records of visceral warming

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1223-1233

  Bestley, Sophie ^a,b   Patterson, Toby A ^a,b   Hindell, Mark A ^a   Gunn, John S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feeding telemetry; Foraging behaviour; Long distance migration; Oceanic residencies; Pelagic predators

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HABITAT USE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATION; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TAGGING; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; TIME; TUNA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INDIAN OCEAN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TUNA;

INDIAN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 53949103948     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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