Feeding by larval cod in different water-masses on Western Bank, Scotian Shelf

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 250-265

  McLaren, I A ^a   Avendaño, Patricia ^a   Taggart, C T ^a   Lochmann, S E ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection; Bank gyres; Cod larvae; Copepods; Feeding success; Fronts; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FISH LARVAE; WATER MASSES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC; SCOTIAN SHELF; WESTERN BANK;

CALANUS; COPEPODA; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0344541115     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1998.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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