Spawning site fidelity in Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus: The use of size-frequency analysis to test for the presence of migrant east Atlantic bluefin tuna on Gulf of Mexico spawning grounds

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 118-126

  Nemerson, David ^a,b   Berkeley, Steven ^c   Safina, Carl ^a  

^a NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MODELING; MIGRATION; SITE FIDELITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING GROUND; TUNA FISHERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 0033994582     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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