Offshore entrainment of anchovy larvae and its implication for their survival in a frontal region of the Kuroshio

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 248, Issue , 2003, Pages 237-244

  Okazaki, Yuji ^a   Nakata, Hideaki ^a   Kimura, Shingo ^b   Kasai, Akihide ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anchovy larvae; Kuroshio front; Larval survival; Offshore entrainment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; ENTRAINMENT; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; SURVIVAL;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANCHOA; COPEPODA; ENGRAULIS; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS;

EID: 0037455779     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps248237     Document Type: Article

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