Movements, behavior, and habitat utilization of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico, determined from archival tag data analyses, including unscented Kalman filtering

Fisheries Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 22-37

  Schaefer, Kurt M ^a   Fuller, Daniel W ^a   Block, Barbara A ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Habitat; Movements; Utilization distributions; Yellowfin tuna

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 80053342255     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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