Large-Scale Examination of Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) from Tropical Tuna Fisheries of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans

Alexandra Maufroy; Emmanuel Chassot; Rocío Joo; David Michael Kaplan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128023

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Large-Scale Examination of Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) from Tropical Tuna Fisheries of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans

Alexandra Maufroy ,

* E-mail: alexandra.maufroy@gmail.com

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR MARBEC (CNRS/IRD/Ifremer/UM2), Avenue Jean Monnet, Sète Cédex France
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Emmanuel Chassot,

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR MARBEC (CNRS/IRD/Ifremer/UM2), SFA, Fishing Port, Victoria, Seychelles
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Rocío Joo,

Affiliations Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR MARBEC (CNRS/IRD/Ifremer/UM2), Avenue Jean Monnet, Sète Cédex France, IMARPE, Esquina Gamarra y General Valle S/N Chucuito, Callao, Lima, Peru
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David Michael Kaplan

Affiliations Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR MARBEC (CNRS/IRD/Ifremer/UM2), Avenue Jean Monnet, Sète Cédex France, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia, United States
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Large-Scale Examination of Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) from Tropical Tuna Fisheries of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans

Alexandra Maufroy,
Emmanuel Chassot,
Rocío Joo,
David Michael Kaplan

Published: May 26, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128023

About the Authors

Alexandra Maufroy

* E-mail: alexandra.maufroy@gmail.com

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR MARBEC (CNRS/IRD/Ifremer/UM2), Avenue Jean Monnet, Sète Cédex France

Emmanuel Chassot

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR MARBEC (CNRS/IRD/Ifremer/UM2), SFA, Fishing Port, Victoria, Seychelles

Rocío Joo

Affiliations Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR MARBEC (CNRS/IRD/Ifremer/UM2), Avenue Jean Monnet, Sète Cédex France, IMARPE, Esquina Gamarra y General Valle S/N Chucuito, Callao, Lima, Peru

David Michael Kaplan

Affiliations Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR MARBEC (CNRS/IRD/Ifremer/UM2), Avenue Jean Monnet, Sète Cédex France, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia, United States

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM EC DMK. Performed the experiments: AM DMK. Analyzed the data: AM DMK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM EC RJ DMK. Wrote the paper: AM DMK EC.

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