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| Fromentin, Jean-marc; Lopuszanski, Daniel. |
| This study presents the results of an electronic tagging programme on mature Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABFT) that has been conducted since 2007 offshore of the French Mediterranean Coast. The spatial distributions of ABFT showed little year-to-year variation and the fish concentrated in a small area of the central northwestern Mediterranean, where they may stay for several months. The individual tracks display sinuous trajectories in this area, indicating the possibility of feeding behaviour. No fish went out to the North Atlantic, but several fish displayed some migration to the southern western Mediterranean Sea during winter and the central Mediterranean during the spawning season. The homing behaviour of one fish after a full year as well as the back and... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Feeding area; Front; Marine protected area; Pop-up archival tag; Spatial distribution; Thunnus thynnus. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00165/27637/25835.pdf |
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