Reconstructing transoceanic migration patterns of Pacific bluefin tuna using a chemical tracer toolbox

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1674-1683

  Madigan, Daniel J ^a   Baumann, Zofia ^b   Carlisle, Aaron B ^a   Hoen, Danielle K ^c   Popp, Brian N ^c   Dewar, Heidi ^d   Snodgrass, Owyn E ^d   Block, Barbara A ^a   Fisher, Nicholas S ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid compound specific stable isotope analysis; Fukushima; Pelagic predators; Stable isotope; Thunnus orientalis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CESIUM ISOTOPE; ECOREGION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATION ROUTE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORM; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

CESIUM; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATION; TIME; TUNA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE BIOLOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TUNA;

EID: 84903523763     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1467.1     Document Type: Article

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