Spawning Behaviour and Post-Spawning Migration Patterns of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Ascertained from Satellite Archival Tags

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Aranda, Guillermo ^a   Abascal, Francisco Javier ^b   Varela, José Luis ^a   Medina, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COURTSHIP; DIVING; ECOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC SATELLITE TAG; ELECTRONIC TAGGING; FISH SCHOOL; MIGRATION; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OSCILLATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING; THERMOCLINE; TUNA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEASONS; SPAIN; TUNA;

EID: 84885054182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076445     Document Type: Article

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