Movements and diving behavior of Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus in relation to water column structure in the northwestern Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 400, Issue , 2010, Pages 245-265

  Lawson, Gareth L ^a,b   Castleton, Michael R ^a   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic bluefin tuna; Diving behavior; Electronic tagging; Gulf of Maine; Thunnus thynnus

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 77749313159     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08394     Document Type: Article

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