Changes in the Distribution of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Gulf of Maine 1979-2005

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Golet, Walter J ^a,b   Galuardi, Benjamin ^c   Cooper, Andrew B ^d   Lutcavage, Molly E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC HERRING; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GULF OF MAINE; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPRING; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUNA;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ECOSYSTEM; MAINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TUNA;

EID: 84884363978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075480     Document Type: Article

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