Predicting the occurrence of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) larvae in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Building a classification model from archival data

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 526-539

  Muhling, Barbara A ^a   Lamkin, John T ^a   Roffer, Mitchell A ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Gulf of Mexico; Habitat modeling

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISHERY MODELING; HABITAT TYPE; LARVA; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 77958490151     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2010.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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