Oceanographic changes and exploitation drive the spatio-temporal dynamics of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-156

  Fromentin, Jean Marc ^a   Reygondeau, Gabriel ^b   Bonhommeau, Sylvain ^a   Beaugrand, Gregory ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Station Marine de Wimereux   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological niche model; Longline fisheries; Migration; Synergistic effects; Thunnus thynnus; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893848874     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fog.12050     Document Type: Article

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