Seasonal and interannual variability of fat content of juvenile albacore (Thunnus alalunga) and bluefin (Thunnus thynnus) tunas during their feeding migration to the Bay of Biscay

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 115-123

  Goñi, Nicolas ^a   Arrizabalaga, Haritz ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; ALBACORE TUNA; BAY OF BISCAY; BLUEFIN TUNA; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FAT CONTENTS; FEEDING STRATEGIES; INTERANNUAL; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL TRENDS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

FEEDING;

AGE CLASS; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONDITION FACTOR; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHING GEAR; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; NICHE; PELAGIC FISHERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TRAWLING; TUNA FISHERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 77957125680     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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