Movements, behavior, and habitat utilization of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in waters surrounding the Revillagigedo Islands Archipelago Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-82

  Schaefer, Kurt M ^a   Fuller, Daniel W ^a   Aldana, Gabriel ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^b INAPESCA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Behavior; Habitat; Movements; Utilization distributions; Yellowfin tuna

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOSPHERE; DISPERSION; FISH; KALMAN FILTER; MOVEMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

COLIMA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; REVILLAGIGEDO ISLANDS;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 84888865135     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fog.12047     Document Type: Article

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