Horizontal movements of Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) in the Gulf of Mexico

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 699-713

  Kraus, Richard T ^a,c   Wells, R J David ^b   Rooker, Jay R ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOVEMENT; OVERWINTERING; PERCIFORM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF BREAK; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

MAKAIRA NIGRICANS;

EID: 79951771004     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1593-3     Document Type: Article

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