An assessment on tuna-dolphin interaction

Four different dolphin species are well known to be associated to big yellowfin tuna's school along the Oriental Pacific Ocean such as the spotted dolphin, spinner dolphin, white belly spinner dolphin and common dolphin. From over 14000 hauls realized by the Mexican purse seine fleet this interaction was analyzed using different approaches: an univariate (factorial ANOVA), multivariate (Principal Component Analysis) and the conditional probabilities of the group; the environmental variation and the influence over the catches for 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2006.

About the author

M.Sc. Ana Quan Kiu completed her masters studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She worked at the by-catch laboratory at the National Fisheries Institute in cooperation with the Marine Sciences Institute.Nowadays she is working as a Scuba Instructor in Western Mexico.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriel Aldana, Jua Madrid, Juan Madrid, An Quan Kiu, Ana Quan Kiu
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9783659718212
• ISBN: 978-3-659-71821-2
• No. of pages: 92
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology