Spike dives of juvenile southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii): A navigational role?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-68

  Willis, Jay ^a,b,c   Phillips, John ^d   Muheim, Rachel ^e   Diego Rasilla, Francisco Javier ^f   Hobday, Alistair J ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archival tags; Compass; Magnetic navigation; Migration; Pineal gland; Polarized light

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; TAGGING;

GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT; INDIAN OCEAN;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS MACCOYII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952669206     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0818-2     Document Type: Article

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