Variation of larval fish distributions associated with variability in the location of a shelf-slope front

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 11-20

  Sabatés, Ana ^a   Olivar, M Pilar ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish larvae; NW Mediterranean; Physical biological coupling; Shell slope front

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029787259     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps135011     Document Type: Article

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