The spawning habitats of many large marine pelagic predators are poorly known. This lack of knowledge hampers conservation efforts that are aimed at identifying critical habitats for the spawning of these species. We hypothesized that phylogenetically related species show different adaptations and respond differently to environmental and geographical cues for...
Seascape ecology is an emerging discipline focused on understanding how features of the marine habitat influence the
spatial distribution of marine species. However, there is still a gap in the development of concepts and techniques for its
application in the marine pelagic realm, where there are no clear boundaries delimitating...
Despite being well adapted for feeding in cold water on their North Atlantic feeding
grounds, Atlantic bluefin tuna undertake long migrations to reach warm, low productivity spawn -
ing grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and Mediterranean Sea. Environmental conditions within
spawning areas have been presumed to benefit larval survival,...