Horizontal movement of ocean sunfish, Mola mola, in the northwest Atlantic

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 531-540

  Potter, Inga F ^a,b   Galuardi, Benjamin ^a   Howell, W Huntting ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOVEMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELF BREAK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAGGING; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; GEORGE; GULF OF MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; NANTUCKET; NEW ENGLAND; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN CAPE;

MOLA MOLA; MOLIDAE;

EID: 79951771302     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1578-2     Document Type: Article

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