Spatial distribution and movement of Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) in the northern Gulf of Mexico

• Shane A. Stephens ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shanestephens@tamu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Texas A & M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0094-1713

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• Michael A. Dance,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Michelle Zapp Sluis,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Texas A & M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Richard J. Kline,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

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• Matthew K. Streich,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Harte Research Institute of Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6305-3228

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• Gregory W. Stunz,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Harte Research Institute of Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America

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• Aaron J. Adams,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, FL, United States of America

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• R. J. David Wells,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Texas A & M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1306-0614

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• Jay R. Rooker

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Texas A & M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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