Distribution patterns and feeding success of anchovy, Engraulis anchoita, larvae off southern Brazil

Scientia Marina

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 385-392

  Vasconcellos, Marcelo Cunha ^a   Freire, Katia Felizola ^b   Castello, Jorge Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Federal Institute of Science Education and Technology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Critical period; Distribution; Engraulis anchoita; Larval feeding; Patchiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544372131     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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