Investigating relationships between albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) CPUE and prey distribution in the Bay of Biscay

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 105-114

  Lezama Ochoa, Ainhoa ^a   Boyra, Guillermo ^a   Goñi, Nicolas ^a   Arrizabalaga, Haritz ^a   Bertrand, Arnaud ^b  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ALBACORE TUNA; BAY OF BISCAY; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; FEEDING ZONES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; PER UNIT; PLANKTONIC ORGANISMS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURVEYS;

OCEAN STRUCTURES;

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CLUPEOID; MIGRATION; PELAGIC FISH; PERCIFORM; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUNA FISHERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 77957128552     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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