Habitat and behaviour of yellowfin tuna thunnus albacares in the gulf of mexico determined using pop-up satellite archival tags

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1434-1449

  Weng, K C ^a   Stokesbury, M J W ^b   Boustany, A M ^c   Seitz, A C ^d   Teo, S L H ^e   Miller, S K ^f   Block, B A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Tag A Giant Foundation   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

By catch; Fishery management; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE; TUNA;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEXICO; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TEMPERATURE; TUNA;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS MACCOYII; THUNNUS OBESUS; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 65449187536     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02209.x     Document Type: Article

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