Vertical habitat use of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, derived from pop-up satellite archival tag data

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-205

  Hoolihan, John P ^a   Luo, Jiangang ^a   Goodyear, C P ^b   Orbesen, Eric S ^c   Prince, Eric D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Southeast Fisheries Science Center ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta t; Pop up satellite archival tag; Sailfish; Vertical habitat envelope

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; HYPOXIA; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; STANDARDIZATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS;

EID: 79953759842     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2011.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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