Satellite tracking of the World's largest bony fish, the ocean sunfish (Mola mola L.) in the North East Atlantic

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 127-133

  Sims, David W ^a,b   Queiroz, Nuno ^a,c,d   Doyle, Thomas K ^e   Houghton, Jonathan D R ^f   Hays, Graeme C ^g  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Climate envelope; Climate warming; Gelatinous zooplankton; Leatherback; Longline

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIEL MIGRATION; JELLYFISH; MOVEMENT; RETURN MIGRATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TELEOST; TRACKING; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; MOLA MOLA; MOLIDAE; OSTEICHTHYES; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 59649112803     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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