The first larval age and growth curve for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from the Gulf of Mexico: Comparisons to the Straits of Florida, and the Balearic Sea (Mediterranean)
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Malca et al. (2017) measured the growth rate of surviving bluefin tuna larvae, based on otolith readings from a survey in the spawning area.
“Malca et al. (2017) measured the growth rate of surviving bluefin tuna larvae, based on otolith readings from a survey in the spawning area (Appendix S1: Fig. S4).”
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- Authors
- Malca, E., Muhling, B., Franks, J., García, A., Tilley, J., Gerard, T., Ingram, W., & Lamkin, J. T.
- Affiliations
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (US)
- NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (US)
- University of Southern Mississippi (US)
- Corresponding author
- Malca, Estrella
- Venue
- Fisheries Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-06
- Volume
- 190
- Pages
- 24-33
- ISSN
- 0165-7836 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2587070808
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 2.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Fisheries Research (acceptedVersion)
- NOAA Institutional Repository (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Funders
- National Aeronautics Space Administration (NX11AP76G S07)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Bluefin Tuna Research Program (NA15NMF4720110)
- “ECOLATUN” MINECO/FEDER (#CTM2015-68473-R)
- Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Keywords
- Thunnus thynnus, larval age, larval growth, age-length relationship, Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits, Balearic Sea, spawning grounds, larval index, larval ecology
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