Fluctuation in the distribution of low-salinity water in the north equatorial current and its effect on the larval transport of the Japanese eel

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-60

  Kimura, Shingo ^a   Inoue, Takashi ^a   Sugimoto, Takashige ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Japanese eel; Larval transport; North Equatorial Current; Salinity front

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035010494     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.2001.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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