Predicting the effects of climate change on bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) spawning habitat in the Gulf of Mexico

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1051-1062

  Muhling, Barbara A ^a,b   Lee, Sang Ki ^a,c   Lamkin, John T ^b   Liu, Yanyun ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bluefin tuna; climate change; Gulf of Mexico

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COLD WATER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT TYPE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERCIFORM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 79959516713     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr008     Document Type: Article

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