An Assessment to Relationships between the Yellowfin Tuna and the Spotted Dolphin in Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) from 1998 to 2006
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53215#.VLcp9snQrzE Author(s) Gabriel Aldana Flores 1,2 , Juan Madrid Vera 1* , Ana Quan Kiu Rascon 3 , Sergio G. Castillo Vargamachuca 2 , Ricardo Meraz Sanchez 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Instituto Nacional de Pesca, CRIP Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México . 2 Posgrado en Ciencias Biológico Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic, Mexico . 3 Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico . ABSTRACT Database belong to the Programa Nacional de Aprovechamiento del Atún y Protección de los Delfines (PNAAPD) from México. The area covers from latitude 5 to 20 N and longitude 90 to 125 W, Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO), for 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2006 includes date, geographical position, sea surface temperature, tuna’s catch, yellowfin tuna’s size and dolphin’s number. 5 degress squares of latitud...