Annual migrations, diving behavior, and thermal biology of Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, on their Gulf of Mexico breeding grounds

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Teo, Steven L H ^a   Boustany, Andre ^a   Dewar, Heidi ^a   Stokesbury, Michael J W ^b   Weng, Kevin C ^a   Beemer, Shana ^a   Seitz, Andrew C ^c   Farwell, Charles J ^c   Prince, Eric D ^d   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^d SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DIVING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 33847385965     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0447-5     Document Type: Article

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