Spatio‐temporal distribution of albacore (Thunnus alalunga) catches in the northeastern Atlantic: relationship with the thermal environment
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When the spring seasonal warming starts, North Atlantic albacore (Thunnus alalunga) juveniles and pre‐adults perform a trophic migration to the northeastern Atlantic, to the Bay of Biscay and to the southeast of Ireland. During this migration, they are exploited by Spanish trolling and baitboat fleets. The present study analyzes the relationship between the albacore spatio‐temporal distribution and the thermal environment. For this approach, several analyses have been performed on a database including fishing logbooks and sea surface temperature (SST) images, covering the period between 1987 and 2003. SST values and the SST gradients at the catch locations have been statistically compared to broader surrounding areas to test whether the thermal environment determines the spatial distribution of albacore. General additive models (GAM) have been used also to evaluate the relative importance of environmental variables and fleet behaviour. The results obtained show that, although juvenile albacore catch locations are affected by fleet dynamics, there is a close spatial and temporal relationship with the seasonal evolution of a statistically significant preferential SST window (16–18°C). However, differences have been identified between the relationship of albacore with SST within the Bay of Biscay in July and August (higher temperature). Such differences are found also in the spatial distribution of the catch locations; these reflect clearly the presence of two groups, differenti…
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Habitat studies using fishery or survey data are often spatially limited and focused on single species.
“Habitat studies using fishery or survey data are often spatially limited and focused on single species (e.g.Chen et al., 2005;Sagarminaga and Arrizabalaga, 2010).”
From Global habitat preferences of commercially valuable tuna (2015) · cites this paper as Sagarminaga and Arrizabalaga, 2010
Some environmental variables (e.g., temperature, DCHL) have been used in previous studies, but description of habitat preferences based on other variables (e.g., MLD, ZOO) is rarely found in the literature.
“Some of these variables (e.g.temperature, DCHL) have been used in previous studies (e.g.Sagarminaga and Arrizabalaga 2010;Mugo et al., 2010), but description of the habitat preferences based on other variables (e.g.MLD, ZOO) is rarely found in the literature.”
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- SAGARMINAGA, Y., & ARRIZABALAGA, H.
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- AZTI (ES)
- ORCID
- ARRIZABALAGA, H.
- Venue
- Fisheries Oceanography
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-03
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 121-134
- ISSN
- 1054-6006 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2419
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- en
- Open access
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Keywords
- albacore tuna, juvenile fish migration, sea surface temperature, thermal environment, spatiotemporal variation, Bay of Biscay, Northeast Atlantic, seasonal warming, temperature gradient
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