Natal homing and connectivity in Atlantic bluefin tuna populations

Science

Volumn 322, Issue 5902, 2008, Pages 742-744

  Rooker, Jay R ^a   Secor, David H ^b   De Metrio, Gregorio ^c   Schloesser, Ryan ^a   Block, Barbara A ^d   Neilson, John D ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HOMING BEHAVIOR; NATAL DISPERSAL; OTOLITH; POPULATION DECLINE; SPAWNING GROUND; TUNA FISHERY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HABITAT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NATAL HOMING; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAWNING; TUNA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TUNA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 55349129969     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1161473     Document Type: Article

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