Complex migration routes of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) question current population structure paradigm

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 966-976

  Galuardi, Benjamin ^a   Golet, Walt ^a   Lutcavage, Molly ^a   Logan, John ^a   Royer, François ^b   Neilson, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b CLS   (France)

^c ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOVEMENT; PARADIGM SHIFT; PERCIFORM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GEORGES BANK; GULF OF MEXICO; NOVA SCOTIA;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 77953517632     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-033     Document Type: Article

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