Diel movement patterns and habitat preferences of the common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) in the Southern California Bight

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 596-604

  Cartamil, D ^a   Wegner, N C ^a   Aalbers, S ^b   Sepulveda, C A ^b   Baquero, A ^c   Graham, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research   (United States)

^c Fundacion Equilibrio Azul   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Drift gill net; Fishery management; Pelagic

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; BIOTELEMETRY; CATCH STATISTICS; CATCHABILITY; DIEL MIGRATION; FISHING GEAR; GILLNET; HABITAT SELECTION; MIXED LAYER; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SHARK; SHARK FISHERY; SWIMMING; TAGGING; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 77952995665     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09153     Document Type: Article

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