The restricted spawning area and season of Pacific bluefin tuna facilitate use of nursery areas: A modeling approach to larval and juvenile dispersal processes

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 393, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 23-31

  Kitagawa, Takashi ^a   Kato, Yoshiki ^b   Miller, Michael J ^a   Sasai, Yoshikazu ^c   Sasaki, Hideharu ^c   Kimura, Shingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Larval transport; Numerical simulation; Nursery area; Pacific bluefin tuna; Spawning area

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING SEASON; COASTAL WATER; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA MINING; ENTRAINMENT; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARVAL TRANSPORT; NURSERY GROUND; PERCIFORM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPAWNING GROUND; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 77956186213     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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