Vertical behavior of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean based on archival tag data

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 234-246

  Matsumoto, Takayuki ^a   Kitagawa, Takashi ^b   Kimura, Shingo ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archival tags; Bigeye tuna; Habitat selection; Northwestern Pacific; Vertical behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DATA SET; FINFISH; HABITAT SELECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); RYUKYU ISLANDS;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 84875781924     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fog.12017     Document Type: Article

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