Population decline of the Japanese sardine, Sardinops melanostictus, in relation to sea surface temperature in the Kuroshio Extension

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 973-983

  Noto, Masayuki ^a   Yasuda, Ichiro ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; POPULATION DECLINE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; CLUPEIFORMES; SARDINOPS MELANOSTICTUS;

EID: 0033493563     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-028     Document Type: Article

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