editors Takashi Kitagawa (Atmosphere & Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan), Shingo Kimura (Atmosphere & Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan).
viii, 425 pages :
illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;
24 cm
"A Science Publishers book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Phylogeny of bluefin tuna species / Nobuaki Suzuki and Seinen Chow -- 2. Early life history / Yosuke Tanaka and Nobuaki Suzuki -- 3. Age, growth and reproductive biology of bluefin tunas / T. Shimose and J.H. Farley -- 4. Feeding ecology of bluefin tunas / T. Shimose and R.J. David Wells -- 5. Horizontal movements of Pacific bluefin tuna / K. Fujioka, M. Masujima, A.M. Boustany and T. Kitagawa -- 6. Formation of a Pacific bluefin tuna fishing ground on their spawning grounds around the Ryukyu Islands : implication of a relationship with mesoscale eddies / I. Ohta and H. Yamada -- 7. Movements and habitat use of Atlantic bluefin tuna / S.L.H. Teo and A.M. Boustany -- 8. Distribution and migration : southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) / A.J. Hobday, K. Evans, J.P. Eveson, J.H. Farley, J.R. Hartog, M. Basson and T.A. Patterson -- 9. Understanding bluefin migration using intrinsic tracers in tissues / D.J. Madigan -- 10. Otolith geochemical analysis for stock discrimination and migratory ecology of tunas / Y. Amano, J.C. Shiao, T. Ishimura, K. Yokouchi and K. Shirai -- 11. Metabolic limits and energetics / T.D. Clark -- 12. Swimming performance of Pacific bluefin tuna / T. Takagi -- 13. Schooling behavior of Pacific bluefin tuna / H. Fukuda, S. Torisawa and T. Takagi -- 14. Visual physiology / S. Torisawa, H. Fukuda and T. Takagi -- 15. Physiology of bluefin tuna reproduction : new insights into reproduction in wild and captive bluefin tuna species / K. Gen -- 16. Introduction to modeling : vertical movement of bluefin tuna as a stochastic process / M. Kadota and E. White -- 17. Mathematical modeling of bluefin tuna growth, maturation, and reproduction based on physiological energetics / M. Jusup and H. Matsuda -- 18. A method for measuring the swimming behaviour of Pacific bluefin tuna / K. Komeyama, and T. Takagi.