Title
In situ measurements of the speed of Peruvian anchovy schools
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Bertrand S.
IMARPE
Abstract
While speed of fish schools is critical information for parameterizing numerous ecosystem models and evaluating fishery management options, it is poorly documented. Here we present results of in situ measurements of the speed of Peruvian anchovy schools, a small pelagic species that sustain the world's largest mono-specific fishery. Instantaneous school speed was in average 0.6ms-1, authorizing theoretical maximum displacements of ~26kmday-1. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Start page
92
End page
94
Volume
149
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Agricultura, Silvicultura, Pesquería
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84888203212
Source
Fisheries Research
ISSN of the container
01657836
DOI of the container
10.1016/j.fishres.2013.09.002
Source funding
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Sponsor(s)
We are very grateful to F. Gerlotto for discussions on the manuscript and H. Nicolaysen and F. R. Knudsen for technical discussions on the sonar. This work is a contribution to the cooperation agreement between the Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE) and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD). It was supported by and is a contribution to the ANR project TOPINEME and the International Joint Laboratory DISCOH.
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