Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.
Migratory Movements, Depth Preferences, and Thermal Biology of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Barbara A. Block,1*Heidi Dewar,12Susanna B. Blackwell,1Thomas D. Williams,3Eric D. Prince,4Charles J. Farwell,3Andre Boustany,1Steven L. H. Teo,1Andrew Seitz,3Andreas Walli,1Douglas Fudge3
The deployment of electronic data storage tags that are surgically
implanted or satellite-linked provides marine researcherswith new ways
to examine the movements, environmental preferences,and physiology of
pelagic vertebrates. We report the results obtainedfrom tagging of
Atlantic bluefin tuna with implantable archivaland pop-up satellite
archival tags. The electronic tagging dataprovide insights into the
seasonal movements and environmentalpreferences of this species.
Bluefin tuna dive to depths of >1000meters and maintain a warm body
temperature. Western-tagged bluefintuna make trans-Atlantic migrations
and they frequent spawninggrounds in the Gulf of Mexico and eastern
Mediterranean. Thesedata are critical for the future management and
conservation ofbluefin tuna in the Atlantic.
1 Tuna Research and Conservation Center,
Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Oceanview Boulevard,
Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.
2 Pfleger Institute of
Environmental Research, 1400 North Pacific Street, Oceanside, CA 92054, USA.
3 Monterey Bay Aquarium, 886 Cannery Row,
Monterey, CA 93940, USA.
4 National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149, USA.
*
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
bblock{at}stanford.edu
The editors suggest the following Related Resources on Science sites:
In Science Magazine
PERSPECTIVES
John J. Magnuson, Carl Safina, and Michael P. Sissenwine (17 August 2001) Science293 (5533), 1267.
[DOI: 10.1126/science.1064052] |Summary »|Full Text »|PDF »
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Temperature effects on metabolic rate of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis.
J. M. Blank, J. M. Morrissette, C. J. Farwell, M. Price, R. J. Schallert, and B. A. Block (2007)
J. Exp. Biol.
210, 4254-4261
|Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
Differential heating and cooling rates in bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus Lowe): a model of non-steady state heat exchange.
H. Malte, C. Larsen, M. Musyl, and R. Brill (2007)
J. Exp. Biol.
210, 2618-2626
|Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
Genetic Identity of YOY Bluefin Tuna from the Eastern and Western Atlantic Spawning Areas.
J. Carlsson, J. R. McDowell, J. E. L. Carlsson, and J. E. Graves (2007)
J. Hered.
98, 23-28
|Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
Genetic heterogeneity of Atlantic bluefin tuna caught in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland.
J. Carlsson, J. R. McDowell, J. E.L. Carlsson, D. Olafsdottir, and J. E. Graves (2006)
ICES J. Mar. Sci.
63, 1111-1117
|Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
Year-round recordings of behavioural and physiological parameters reveal the survival strategy of a poorly insulated diving endotherm during the Arctic winter.
D. Gremillet, G. Kuntz, A. J. Woakes, C. Gilbert, J.-P. Robin, Y. Le Maho, and P. J. Butler (2005)
J. Exp. Biol.
208, 4231-4241
|Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
Transoceanic Migration, Spatial Dynamics, and Population Linkages of White Sharks.
R. Bonfil, M. Meyer, M. C. Scholl, R. Johnson, S. O'Brien, H. Oosthuizen, S. Swanson, D. Kotze, and M. Paterson (2005)
Science
310, 100-103
|Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
Global Patterns of Predator Diversity in the Open Oceans.
B. Worm, M. Sandow, A. Oschlies, H. K. Lotze, and R. A. Myers (2005)
Science
309, 1365-1369
|Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
Physiological Ecology in the 21st Century: Advancements in Biologging Science.
Electrophysiological properties of the L-type Ca2+ current in cardiomyocytes from bluefin tuna and Pacific mackerel.
H. A. Shiels, J. M. Blank, A. P. Farrell, and B. A. Block (2004)
Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol
286, R659-R668
|Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
In situ cardiac performance of Pacific bluefin tuna hearts in response to acute temperature change.
J. M. Blank, J. M. Morrissette, A. M. Landeira-Fernandez, S. B. Blackwell, T. D. Williams, and B. A. Block (2004)
J. Exp. Biol.
207, 881-890
|Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
Temperature dependence of the Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2) in the ventricles of tuna and mackerel.
A. M. Landeira-Fernandez, J. M. Morrissette, J. M. Blank, and B. A. Block (2004)
Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol
286, R398-R404
|Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
Collapse and Conservation of Shark Populations in the Northwest Atlantic.
J. K. Baum, R. A. Myers, D. G. Kehler, B. Worm, S. J. Harley, and P. A. Doherty (2003)
Science
299, 389-392
|Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
Standardization of bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, catch per unit effort in the baitboat fishery of the Bay of Biscay (Eastern Atlantic).
E. Rodriguez-Marin, H. Arrizabalaga, M. Ortiz, C. Rodriguez-Cabello, G. Moreno, and L.T. Kell (2003)
ICES J. Mar. Sci.
60, 1216-1231
|Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
Telemetered Cephalopod Energetics: Swimming, Soaring, and Blimping.
