Electronic tagging of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, L.) reveals habitat use and behaviors in the Mediterranean Sea

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Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Cermeño, Pablo ^a,b   Quílez Badia, Gemma ^b   Ospina Alvarez, Andrés ^b,c   Sainz Trápaga, Susana ^b   Boustany, Andre M ^a,d   Seitz, Andy C ^e,f   Tudela, Sergi ^b   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WWF Mediterranean Programme Office   (Spain)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Tuna Research and Conservation Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; SPAWNING; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TUNA; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; PERCIFORMES; SPACE FLIGHT;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERCIFORMES; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84923112414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116638     Document Type: Article

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