Discovering where bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, might go: Using environmental and fishery data to map potential tuna habitat in the eastern Mediterranean Sea;Descubriendo a donde van los atunes rojos, Thunnus Thynnus: Uso de datos ambientales y pesqueros en mapas del hábitat del atún en el Mediterráneo Oriental

Scientia Marina

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 691-704

  Damalas, Dimitrios ^a,b   Megalofonou, Persefoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; GAM; Habitat; Lunar index; Management; Mediterranean; SST

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CATCH STATISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TUNA FISHERY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 84871624747     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03679.26A     Document Type: Article

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