Ocean eddies, predator pits and bluefin tuna: Implications of an inferred 'low risk-limited payoff' reproductive scheme of a (former) archetypical top predator

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 424-438

  Bakun, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Density dependence; Feedback loop; Fishery exploitation; Reproductive success; Spawning strategy

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EDDY; FISH; HISTORICAL RECORD; PREDATOR; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPAWNING;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS MACCOYII; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 84880608143     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12002     Document Type: Article

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