Movements, dispersion, and mixing of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) tagged and released in the equatorial Central Pacific Ocean, with conventional and archival tags

Fisheries Research

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 336-355

  Schaefer, Kurt ^a   Fuller, Daniel ^a   Hampton, John ^b   Caillot, Sylvain ^b   Leroy, Bruno ^b   Itano, David ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^b SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Bigeye tuna; Dispersion; Equatorial Pacific; Horizontal movements; Plastic dart and archival tags

Indexed keywords

THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 84908389415     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.08.018     Document Type: Article

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