The effect of vertical and horizontal distribution on retention of sardine (Sardinops sagax) larvae in the Northern Benguela - Observations and modelling

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-200

  Stenevik, Erling Kåre ^a   Skogen, Morten ^a   Sundby, Svein ^a   Boyer, David ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b National Marine Information and Research Centre   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Model simulation; Northern Benguela; Retention; Sardine; Sardinops sagax; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVAL TRANSPORT; RETENTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

SARDINOPS; SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 0038347402     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.2003.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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