The biological oceanography of the East Australian Current and surrounding waters in relation to tuna and billfish catches off eastern Australia

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 720-733

  Young, J W ^a   Hobday, A J ^a   Campbell, R A ^a   Kloser, R J ^a   Bonham, P I ^a   Clementson, L A ^a   Lansdell, M J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustics; East Australia Current; Fish predators; Micronekton; Seamounts; Tuna and billfish

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SPRING; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FISHING AREAS; FISHING GROUND; MICRONEKTON; OFFSHORE AREA; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PELAGIC FISHERIES; PREY SPECIES; SEAMOUNTS; SUB-SURFACES; SURFACE FILAMENTS; THUNNUS OBESUS; TIME-PERIODS; TUNA AND BILLFISH; WATER COLUMNS;

BIOMASS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATERS; VITAMINS;

FISHERIES;

ACOUSTIC DATA; BIOMASS; CATCH STATISTICS; MICRONEKTON; SEAMOUNT; TUNA FISHERY; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA; EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 79951557948     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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