Results of satellite tagging of Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, off the coast of Ireland

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 582, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-97

  Stokesbury, Michael J W ^a,b   Cosgrove, Ronan ^c   Boustany, Andre ^b   Browne, Daragh ^c   Teo, Steven L H ^b   O'Dor, Ronald K ^a   Block, Barbara A ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Irish Sea Fisheries Board ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Ireland; Movement; Satellite tags

Indexed keywords

FISH; FISHING VESSELS; IRELAND; MARINE BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BLUEFIN TUNA; EUROPEAN FORAGING GROUNDS; SATELLITE TAGS; WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS;

SATELLITES;

BIOTELEMETRY; BREEDING SITE; FEEDING GROUND; MIGRATION; SATELLITE DATA; TAGGING; TUNA FISHERY;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [IRELAND]; COUNTY DONEGAL; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; ULSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 33947630700     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0552-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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