Plasticity in vertical behaviour of migrating juvenile southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) in relation to oceanography of the south Indian Ocean

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 237-254

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

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archival tags; Habitat characterisation; Pelagic habitat use; Seasonal migrations; South Indian Ocean; Southern bluefin tuna

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH);

ANIMALIA; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 68149148701     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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