Spawning of bluefin tuna in the Black sea: Historical evidence, environmental constraints and population plasticity

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Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  MacKenzie, Brian R ^a   Mariani, Patrizio ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BLACK SEA; BLUEFIN TUNA; EGG BUOYANCY; EGG SINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FERTILIZATION; FISHERY; FORAGING; HYDROGRAPHY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLASTICITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPAWNING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TUNA;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TUNA;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 84864262750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039998     Document Type: Article

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