The role of frontal currents in larval fish transport on Georges Bank

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 1773-1792

  Townsend, David W ^a   Pettigrew, Neal R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA;

CURRENT; CURRENTS; FISH LARVA; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVAL TRANSPORT; OCEANIC FRONT; OCEANIC FRONTS;

ATLANTIC, GEORGES BANK;

EID: 0030426154     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00040-9     Document Type: Article

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