The imprint of anthropogenic CO2 emissions on Atlantic bluefin tunaotoliths

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We would like to express our deepest gratitude to L. Naval, the staff from ``La Bacaladera´´ and the crew from ``Attalaya Berria´´ for sampling help in the Bay of Biscay. We also thank all the people that actively participated in sample collection across the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar. The authors are indebted to the two anonymous reviewers for their many helpful insights and suggestions which improved the manuscript considerably. This work was carried out under the provision of the ICCAT Atlantic Wide Research Programme for Bluefin Tuna (GBYP), co-funded by the European Union (grant SI2/585616), by several other ICCAT CPCs, the ICCAT Secretariat and by other entities (see http://www.iccat.int/GBYP/en/Budget.htm). The contents of this paper do not necessarily reflect the point of view of ICCAT or of the other funders. This work was also supported by grant CTM2011-27505 by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO), National Geographic Society (Grant W132-10) and the Basque Government (Grant 351BI20080022). This paper is contribution number 733 from AZTI-Tecnalia (Marine Research).