Worldwide distributions of tuna larvae: Revisiting hypotheses on environmental requirements for spawning habitats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 501, Issue , 2014, Pages 207-224

  Reglero, P ^a   Tittensor, D P ^b,c,d   Alvarez Berastegui D ^e   Aparicio Gonzalez A ^a   Worm, B ^d  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SOCIB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global; Large predators; Larvae; Ocean triad hypothesis; Spatial distribution; Spawning habitat; Temperature hypothesis; Thunnus; Tuna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898645516     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10666     Document Type: Article

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