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. 2009 Jul 7;4(7):e6151. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006151

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Black boxes indicate geographic regions covered by profiles. White arrow indicates deployment location. Black line in depth/temperature profiles indicates estimated depth of thermocline. (a) Bluefin in North Atlantic resident migration (98–485). Section 1: North Carolina, 2: off offshore Iberian Peninsula, 3: in North Western Corner, 4: northern Caribbean, 5: East Atlantic passing through Azores. (b) Bluefin in western resident migration (98–508). Section 1: North Carolina, 2: south off New Foundland & Novia Scotia, 3: offshore New England, Gulf of Maine, Fundian Channel and then Georges Bank. (c)–(f) Examples of depth/temperature profiles of fish in various migration phases. (c) & (d) WRS (744 & 1021); (e) TRANS and North Atlantic residency (98–504); (f) WRS & TRANS (1016) with entry into the Mediterranean Sea in July.