Decadal variation in the trans-Pacific migration of northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) coherent with climate-induced change in prey abundance

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-119

  Polovina, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Climate change; Japanese sardine; Migration; North Pacific; Prey abundance

Indexed keywords

CLUPEIDAE; SARDINOPS; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS THYNNUS; THYNNUS; SARDINOPS MELANOSTICTA;

BLUEFIN TUNA; MIGRATION; MIGRATIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREY ABUNDANCE;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0029854033     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.1996.tb00110.x     Document Type: Article

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