Assessing the variability of hydrographic processes influencing the life cycle of the Sicilian Channel anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus, by satellite imagery

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-46

  Lafuente, Jesús García ^a   Vargas, Juan Miguel ^a   Criado, Francisco ^a   García, Alberto ^b   Delgado, Javier ^a   Mazzola, Salvatore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Empirical orthogonal functions; Engraulis encrasicolus; Hydrographic processes; Sea surface temperature; Sicilian Channel; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; LIFE CYCLE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISH; HYDROGRAPHY; NURSERY GROUND; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPAWNING; TIME SERIES; TRAJECTORY;

CAPE PASSERO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SIRACUSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF SICILY; WORLD;

ANCHOA; ENGRAULIS; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; ENGRAULIDAE;

EID: 12444344753     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2004.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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