Migration, residency, and homing of bluefin tuna in the western Mediterranean Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 510-518

  Fromentin, Jean Marc ^a   Lopuszanski, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b BGFCF ^*  (France)

Author keywords

feeding area; front; marine protected area; pop up archival tag; spatial distribution; Thunnus thynnus

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING GROUND; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MARINE PARK; MIGRATION; PERCIFORM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAGGING;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 84899106149     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst157     Document Type: Article

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