First attempt to assess the viability of bluefin tuna spawning events in offshore cages located in an a priori favourable larval habitat;Primer intento de evaluación de la viabilidad del desove de atún rojo en jaulas en alta mar ubicadas en un hábitat a priori favorable para las larvas

Scientia Marina

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 585-594

  Reglero, Patricia ^a   Balbín, Rosa ^a   Ortega, Aurelio ^b   Alvarez Berastegui, Diego ^c   Gordoa, Ana ^d   Torres, Asvin P ^a   Moltó, Vicenç ^a   Pascual, Ananda ^e   De La Gándara, Fernando ^b   Alemany, Francisco ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^c SOCIB   (Spain)

^d CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Geostrophic currents; Larvae; Mediterranean; Transport cage

Indexed keywords

CAGE CULTURE; LARVA; MORTALITY; OCEANIC CURRENT; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PERCIFORM; PURSE SEINING; SALINITY; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; VIABILITY;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84890072316     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03759.28A     Document Type: Article

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