We reviewed the literature concerning fish aggregation devices (FADs) to determine areas
of relative research deficiency. Using specific searches of the Aquatic Sciences and …

Regional endothermy, the conservation of metabolic heat by vascular countercurrent heat
exchangers to elevate the temperature of the slow-twitch locomotor muscle, eyes and brain …

Large areas of cold hypoxic water occur as distinct strata in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP)
and Atlantic oceans as a result of high productivity initiated by intense nutrient upwelling. We …

Linking the movement and behaviour of animals to their environment is a central problem in
ecology. Through the use of electronic tagging and tracking (ETT), collection of in situ data …

This report provides a review of our knowledge of the bycatches, defined as discarded dead,
from the tropical tuna purse seine fisheries of the world. The major fishing grounds involved …

Associative behaviour is defined as the spatial relationship between an animal (or a group)
of a given species and another animal of another species, which is based on a decision by …

Sixty-eight yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares,(60-135 cm fork length) were caught and
released with implanted archival tags offshore off Baja California, Mexico, during October …

The increase in anthropogenic CO 2 emissions over the last century has modified oceanic
conditions, affecting marine ecosystems and the goods and services that they provide to …

We tracked six individuals of three shark species, the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, great
white, Carcharodon carcharias, and blue, Prionace glauca, near the submarine canyon off …

Within the tropical and subtropical oceans, tuna forage opportunistically on a wide variety of
prey. However, little is known about the trophic ecology of the smallest size classes which …