Spatial-temporal pattern of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L. 1758) gonad maturation across the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 623-630

  Heinisch, Gilad ^a   Corriero, Aldo ^b   Medina, Antonio ^c   Abascal, Francisco J ^d   De La Serna, Jose Miguel ^e   Vassallo Agius, Robert ^f   Ríos, Antonio Belmonte ^g   García, Antonio ^h   De La Gándara, Fernando ^h   Fauvel, Christian ⁱ   Bridges, Christopher R ^j   Mylonas, Constantinos C ^k   Karakulak, Saadet F ^l   Oray, Isik ^l   De Metrio, Gregorio ^b   Rosenfeld, Hanna ^a   Gordin, Hillel ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^d Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

^e Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^f Malta Centre for Fisheries Sciences   (Malta)

^g Tuna Graso SA   (Spain)

^h Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

ⁱ IFREMER   (France)

^j HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^l ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATURATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORPHOMETRY; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF MEXICO; LEVANTINE SEA; MALTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 44449176975     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0955-6     Document Type: Article

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