Association between bluefin tuna schools and oceanic features in the western Mediterranean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 269, Issue , 2004, Pages 249-263

  Royer, F ^a,b   Fromentin, J M ^b   Gaspar, P ^a  

^a CLS   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Front detection; Gulf of Lions; Ocean colour; Point process analysis; Sea surface temperature; Thunnus thynnus

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANIC FRONT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TUNA FISHERY;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

PANTHERA LEO; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS; THUNNUS THYNNUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942477569     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps269249     Document Type: Review

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