Comparison between environmental characteristics of larval bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus habitat in the Gulf of Mexico and western Mediterranean Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 486, Issue , 2013, Pages 257-276

  Muhling, Barbara A ^a   Reglero, Patricia ^b   Ciannelli, Lorenzo ^c   Alvarez Berastegui, Diego ^d   Alemany, Francisco ^b   Lamkin, John T ^e   Roffer, Mitchell A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOCIB (Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System)   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^f Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Gulf of Mexico; Mediterranean Sea; Spawning

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MIGRATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING GROUND; SURVIVAL; TUNA FISHERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84880300798     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10397     Document Type: Article

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