Vertical and horizontal movements of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) near Taiwan determined using pop-up satellite tags

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 397, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-135

  Chiang, Wei Chuan ^a   Musyl, Michael K ^b   Sun, Chi Lu ^c   Chen, Shu Ying ^a   Chen, Wen Yie ^a   Liu, Don Chung ^d   Su, Wei Cheng ^d   Yeh, Su Zan ^c   Fu, Shin Chin ^a   Huang, Tzu Lun ^a  

^a Eastern Marine Biology Research Center of Fisheries Research Institute   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Basking; Fisheries; Habitat; PSATs; Tagging; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIEL VARIATION; FISHERY SURVEY; FISHING GEAR; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAGGING; VULNERABILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN;

ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS;

EID: 78650629676     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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