Patterns of coastal eddy circulation and abundance of pelagic juvenile fish in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 241, Issue , 2002, Pages 183-199

  Nishimoto, Mary M ^a   Washburn, Libe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current; Cyclonic eddy; Leuroglossus stilbius; Merluccius productus; Myctophidae; Retention; Sebastes spp.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CIRCULATION; EDDY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; TRAWLING;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

LEUROGLOSSUS; LEUROGLOSSUS STILBIUS; MERLUCCIUS; MERLUCCIUS PRODUCTUS; MYCTOPHIDAE; PISCES; SEBASTES;

EID: 0037019891     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps241183     Document Type: Article

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