Poleward transport of equatorial fish larvae in the Atlantic Eastern boundary current system

Archive of Fishery and Marine Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-88

  John, Hans Christian ^a,b   Zelck, Clementine ^b   Erasmi, Wolfgang ^c,d  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVAL TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BATHYLAGOIDES ARGYROGASTER; BATHYLAGUS; HYGOPHUM MACROCHIR;

EID: 0033931637     PISSN: 09441921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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