Environmental conditions, satellite imagery, and clupeoid recruitment in the northern Benguela upwelling system

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-38

  Cole, James ^a,b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clupeoids; Environment; Northern Benguela; Recruitment; Remote sensing; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISHERY OCEANOGRAPHY; RECRUITMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ENGRAULIS CAPENSIS; SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 0032999715     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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