Understanding bluefin migration using intrinsic tracers in tissues

Biology and Ecology of Bluefin Tuna

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 211-224

  Madigan, Daniel J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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