Dispersal routes and habitat utilization of juvenile atlantic bluefin tuna, thunnus thynnus, tracked with mini PSAT and archival tags

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Galuardi, Benjamin ^a   Lutcavage, Molly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC BLUE TUNA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHERY; GULF STREAM; HABITAT SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES HABITAT; SPRING; SUMMER; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TUNA; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; SEASONS; TUNA;

THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 84861325128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037829     Document Type: Article

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