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Ocean heat content reveals secrets of fish migration behaviors

Science Daily, 27 Oct 2015.

A new method has been developed to estimate fish movements using ocean heat content images, a dataset commonly used in hurricane intensity forecasting. With Atlantic tarpon as the messenger, this is the first study to quantitatively show that large migratory fishes, such as yellowfin and bluefin tunas, blue and white marlin, and sailfish have affinities for ocean fronts and eddies. Read the full story at Science Daily.

Credit: Jiangang Luo, UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, see an explanation on the Science Daily website

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