Variability in frontal zone formation and distribution of gadoid fish larvae at the shelf break in the northeastern North Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 177, Issue , 1999, Pages 221-233

  Munk, Peter ^a   Larsson, Per Olov ^b   Danielssen, Didrik S ^c   Moksness, Erlend ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Institute of Marine Research   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Distributional characteristics; Gadoid larvae; Hydrographic fronts; Interannual variability; Plankton assemblages

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HYDROGRAPHY; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

(NORTHEAST); NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; TRISOPTERUS ESMARKI; TRISOPTERUS ESMARKII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033545418     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps177221     Document Type: Article

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