Mesoscale spatial heterogeneity in chaetognath populations during upwelling abatement in the northern Benguela region

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 41-58

  Duró, Alícia ^a   Gili, Josep Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chaetognaths; Horizontal and vertical distribution; Northern Benguela; Pycnocline; South Atlantic; Upwelling system

Indexed keywords

CHAETOGNATHA; SAGITTA SETOSA;

COASTAL UPWELLING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MESOSCALE SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

ATLANTIC, BENGUELA REGION;

EID: 0029664117     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps140041     Document Type: Article

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