Discovering where bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, might go: using environmental and fishery data to map potential tuna habitat in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Discovering where bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, might go: using environmental and fishery data to map potential tuna habitat in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Based on a dataset derived from commercial fisheries in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in 1998-2005, we applied generalized additive models (GAMs) to investigate the relative influence of a range of environmental factors on catch rates of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus Linnaeus, 1785). GAM an...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Damalas, Persefoni Megalofonou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2012-12-01
Series:Scientia Marina
Subjects:
bluefin tuna
gam
habitat
sst
lunar index
mediterranean
management
Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1413

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