Characterization of the spawning habitat of Atlantic bluefin tuna and related species in the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 21-38

  Alemany, F ^a   Quintanilla, L ^b   Velez Belchi P ^c   Garcia A ^b   Cortes D ^b   Rodriguez J M ^d   Fernandez de Puelles M L ^a   Gonzalez Pola C ^d   Lopez Jurado J L ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^c Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; SURFACE WATERS; SURVEYS;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SURFACE WATERS; OCCURRENCE FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ANALYSIS; REGULAR SAMPLINGS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ABUNDANCE; ARCHIPELAGO; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; INFLOW; LARVA; PATCH DYNAMICS; PERCIFORM; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHALLOW WATER; SHELF BREAK; SPAWNING; SURFACE WATER; WARM WATER; WATER MASS;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AUXIS ROCHEI; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 77957228450     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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