Relating sardine recruitment in the Northern Benguela to satellite-derived sea surface height using a neural network pattern recognition approach

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 241-255

  Hardman Mountford, N J ^a   Richardson, A J ^b,d   Boyer, D C ^c   Kreiner, A ^c   Boyer, H J ^c  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c National Marine Information and Research Centre   (Namibia)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16 S 9 E to 26 S 16 E; Pelagic fisheries; PSW, Namibia; PSW, South Atlantic, Benguela upwelling; Sardinops sagax; Satellite altimetry; Self Organizing Maps; Surface currents; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NEURAL NETWORKS; SATELLITES; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER;

OCEANOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; PELAGIC FISH;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PELAGIC FISHERY; RECRUITMENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT;

SARDINOPS; SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 1542321523     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2003.07.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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