Variability in thermocline depth and strength, and relationships with vertical distributions of fish larvae and mesozooplankton in dynamic coastal waters

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 247, Issue , 2003, Pages 211-224

  Gray, Charles A ^a,b   Kingsford, Michael J ^b,c  

^a NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ichthyoplankton; Oceanography; Southeastern Australia; Thermocline stability and persistence; Vertical distribution; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

PISCES;

EID: 0037418136     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps247211     Document Type: Article

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