Inter-laboratory comparison of Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna otolith microconstituents

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1294-1304

  Secor, D H ^a   Campana, S E ^b   Zdanowicz, V S ^c   Lam, J W H ^d   Yang, L ^e   Rooker, J R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d US Customs Service Research Lab   (United States)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Elemental fingerprint; Migration; Otolith microconstituents; Stock structure

Indexed keywords

OTOLITH;

SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 0036892799     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2002.1311     Document Type: Article

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