Features, boundaries and connecting mechanisms of the Mauritanian Province exemplified by oceanic fish larvae

Helgolander Meeresuntersuchungen

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-240

  John, H Ch ^a,b   Zelck, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; FAUNAL PROVINCES; FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; MAURITANIAN PROVINCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL EAST); MAURITANIA;

MYCTOPHIDAE;

EID: 0031414219     PISSN: 01743597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02908709     Document Type: Article

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