Simultaneous behavior of skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), bigeye (Thunnus obsesus), and yellowfin (T. albacares) tunas, within large multi-species aggregations associated with drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3005-3014

  Schaefer, Kurt M ^a   Fuller, Daniel W ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOMONITORING; CAPTURE METHOD; FISH; FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY; VESSEL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

KATSUWONUS; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; PELAMIS; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 84886640984     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2290-9     Document Type: Article

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