Tracking of the broadbill swordfish Xiphias gladius in the South Pacific Ocean (2004-2013)

Karen Evans

doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2013.10.025

Tracking of the broadbill swordfish Xiphias gladius in the South Pacific Ocean (2004-2013)

Citation

Karen Evans,Francisco Abascal,Dale Kolody,Tim Sippel,John Holdsworth,Pamela Maru (2014) The horizontal and vertical dynamics of swordfish in the South Pacific Ocean. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. Volume 450, January 2014, Pages 55-67 doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2013.10.025 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-23.

Description

Pop-up satellite archival tags (PAT4: n=26,Mk10: n=91,Wildlife Computers, U.S.A.) were deployed on the broadbill swordfish Xiphias gladius in waters off eastern Australia (AU; PAT4: n=26;Mk10: n=29), northern New Zealand (NZ;Mk10: n=19), south of the area between Fiji and French Polynesia in the western Pacific Ocean (SFFP; Mk10: n=13), the Cook Islands (CI;Mk10: n = 9) during 2004–2013. A total of 102 tracks are presented here.

Taxonomic Coverages

Xiphias gladius
common name: Broadbill Swordfish rank: species

Geographic Coverages

West and east coasts of Australia, Coral and Tasman seas. Eastern extant is actually -140 W

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Karen Evans
originator
position: Principal Investigator
CSIRO Environment
Battery Point
Hobart
Tasmania
AU
email: karen.evans@csiro.au

Karen Evans
metadata author
position: Principal Investigator
CSIRO Environment
Battery Point
Hobart
Tasmania
AU
email: karen.evans@csiro.au

OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Data Manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
Castray Esplande
Hobart
Tasmania
AU
email: obisau@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au

Karen Evans
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Investigator
CSIRO Environment
Battery Point
Hobart
Tasmania
AU
email: karen.evans@csiro.au