Spatial distribution of planktivorous fish schools in relation to krill abundance and local hydrography off Otago, New Zealand

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1295-1325

  O'Driscoll, Richard L ^a   McClatchie, Sam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PLANKTIVORE; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SIDESCAN SONAR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALLOTHUNNUS FALLAI; EUPHAUSIACEA; NYCTIPHANES AUSTRALIS; THYRSITES ATUN; TRACHURUS MURPHYI;

EID: 0032124656     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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