Satellite tracking the world's largest jelly predator, the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, in the Western Pacific

Dewar, H.; Thys, T.; Teo, S.L.H.; Farwell, C.; O'Sullivan, J.; Tobayama, T.; Soichi, M.; Nakatsubo, T.; Kondo, Y.; Okada, Y.; Lindsay, D.J.; Hays, G.C.; Walli, A.; Weng, K.; Streelman, J.T.; Karl, S.A.

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Satellite tracking the world's largest jelly predator, the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, in the Western Pacific

Dewar, H., Thys, T., Teo, S.L.H., Farwell, C., O'Sullivan, J., Tobayama, T., Soichi, M., Nakatsubo, T. +8 more·2010·Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

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Mola are known to associate with fronts and display vertical migratory behavior, foraging in association with the deepscattering layer along frontal boundaries where zooplankton often concentrate.
“Mola are known to associate with fronts and display vertical migratory behavior, foraging in association with the deepscattering layer along frontal boundaries where zooplankton often concentrate (e.g. Dewar et al., 2010; Nakamura et al., 2015; Sousa et al., 2016; Cartamil and Lowe, 2004).”
From Oceanographic determinants of ocean sunfish (Mola mola) and bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) bycatch patterns in the California large mesh drift gillnet fishery (2017) · cites this paper as Dewar et al., 2010

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Authors: Dewar, H., Thys, T., Teo, S. L. H., Farwell, C., O'Sullivan, J., Tobayama, T., Soichi, M., Nakatsubo, T., Kondo, Y., Okada, Y., Lindsay, D. J., Hays, G. C., Walli, A., Weng, K., Streelman, J. T., & Karl, S. A.
Affiliations: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center (US)
University of California, Davis (US)
Chiba University (JP)
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JP)
Swansea University (GB)
GeoVille (Austria) (AT)
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author: Dewar, H.
ORCID: Dewar, H.
Thys, T.
Kondo, Y.
Okada, Y.
Lindsay, D.J.
Hays, G.C.
Weng, K.
Streelman, J.T.
Venue: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2010-09
Volume: 393
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 32-42
ISSN: 0022-0981 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.06.023
OpenAlex: W1969688817
Cited by: 53
References: 63
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 4
FWCI: 2.02
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Marine animal studies overview
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ichthyology and Marine Biology
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Cephalopods and Marine Biology
Keywords: ocean sunfish, Mola mola, satellite telemetry, diving behavior, basking behavior, deep dives, seasonal movement, Kuroshio, Oyashio Current, chlorophyll a, geolocation, fisheries management, western Pacific

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