Habitat suitability of the Atlantic bluefin tuna by size class: An ecological niche approach

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 142, Issue , 2016, Pages 30-46

  Druon, Jean Noël ^a   Fromentin, Jean Marc ^b   Hanke, Alex R ^c   Arrizabalaga, Haritz ^d   Damalas, Dimitrios ^a   Tičina, Vjekoslav ^e   Quílez Badia, Gemma ^f   Ramirez, Karina ^g   Arregui, Igor ^d   Tserpes, George ^h   Reglero, Patricia ⁱ   Deflorio, Michele ^j   Oray, Isik ^k   Saadet Karakulak, F ^k   Megalofonou, Persefoni ^l   Ceyhan, Tevfik ^m   Grubišić, Leon ^e   MacKenzie, Brian R ⁿ   Lamkin, John ^o   Afonso, Pedro ^p   Addis, Piero ^q   more..

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^d MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^f WWF Mediterranean Programme Office   (Spain)

^g Instituto Nacional de Pesca   (Mexico)

^h INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

ⁱ INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^k ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^m EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^o NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; FISHERIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELLING; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HABITAT SUITABILITY; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; SPATIAL MANAGEMENT; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SUBTROPICAL WATER; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOTELEMETRY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; PERCIFORM; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING GROUND;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 84960158388     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2016.01.002     Document Type: Article

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