Movements and habitat utilization of two longbill spearfish Tetrapturus pfluegeri in the eastern tropical South Atlantic Ocean

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-182

  Kerstetter, David W ^a   Orbesen, Eric S ^b   Snodgrass, Derke ^b   Prince, Eric D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; DATA SET; FISHING GEAR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LONGLINING; MOVEMENT; PELAGIC FISH; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TAGGING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ANIMALIA; ISTIOPHORINAE; SCOMBRIDAE; TETRAPTURUS; TETRAPTURUS PFLUEGERI; THUNNUS OBESUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 70350655851     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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