Clupeoid larval growth and plankton production in the Benguela upwelling system

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-70

  Skogen, Morten D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benguela; Larvae growth; Numerical model; Upwelling index

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING; ANNUAL VARIATION; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; NUMERICAL MODEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD; AFRICA; ANGOLA; BENGUELA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANCHOA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLUPEIFORMES; ENGRAULIS; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; SARDINOPS; SARDINOPS SAGAX; VERTEBRATA; ENGRAULIDAE;

EID: 12444332059     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2004.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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