Intrusion of warm surface water along the Angolan-Namibian coast in February-March 1995: The 1995 Benguela Nino

South African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn , Issue 19, 1998, Pages 41-56

  Gammelsrod T ^a,b   Bartholomae, C H ^c   Boyer, D C ^c   Filipe, V L L ^d   O'Toole, M J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Natl Mar Info and Research Centre   (Namibia)

^d Inst de Investigacao Pesqueira   (Angola)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATER; THERMOCLINE; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA SYSTEM;

ARGYROSOMUS; ARGYROSOMUS INODORUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; KOBUS KOB; SARDINOPS SAGAX; TRACHURUS CAPENSIS; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS CAPENSIS;

EID: 0032407209     PISSN: 02577615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/025776198784126719     Document Type: Article

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