Abstract:Atlantic Bluefin tuna (ABT) (Thunnus thynnus) travel long distances to spawn in oligotrophic regions of the Gulf of Mexico. To estimate regional larval ABT mortality, we developed a spatially-explicit, Lagrangian, individual-based model that simulates dispersal, growth, and mortality within realistic predator and prey fields during the spawning periods from 1993 to 2012. Modelled larval ABT experience high mortality in the first week of feeding with an average mortality rate of 0.53 ± 0.26 d-1 prior to postfle… Show more
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