Front variability and surface ocean features of the presumed southern bluefin tuna spawning grounds in the tropical southeast Indian Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-76

  Nieblas, Anne Elise ^a,f   Demarcq, Hervé ^b   Drushka, Kyla ^c,g   Sloyan, Bernadette ^a,d   Bonhommeau, Sylvain ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^e IFREMER   (France)

^f Unité Mixtede Recherche Ecosystèmes Marins Exploités   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

105 E 125 E); Front detection index; Indo Australian region; Oceanic fronts; Southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii; Spawning grounds (10 S 20 S; Tropical southeast Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

FRONT DETECTIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDO-AUSTRALIAN REGION; OCEANIC FRONTS; SPAWNING GROUNDS; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; OCEANIC FRONT; PERCIFORM; PIXEL; SPAWNING; WATER MASS;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); INDONESIA;

THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 84907967849     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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