Network analysis of acoustic tracking data reveals the structure and stability of fish aggregations in the ocean

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 839-848

  Stehfest, Kilian M ^a,b   Patterson, Toby A ^b   Dagorn, Laurent ^c   Holland, Kim N ^d   Itano, David ^d   Semmens, Jayson M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Développement IRD France   (Seychelles)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic tagging; Aggregation; Association; Co occurrence; Collective motion; Fishery; Hawai'i; Network analysis; Thunnus albacares; Yellowfin tuna

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; COEXISTENCE; COLLECTIVE ACTION; FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARICULTURE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TUNA FISHERY;

ANIMALIA; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 84875515796     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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