Spatial heterogeneity of fish larvae across a meandering current in the northwestern Mediterranean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 545-557

  Sabatés, Ana ^a   Salat, Jordi ^a   Masó, Mercedes ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish larvae; Frontal oscillations; Meandering current; NW Mediterranean; Shelf slope front

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; FISH DETECTORS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; NUTRITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; WAVES;

BATHMETRY; FISH LARVAE; FRONTAL OSCILLATION; SHELF-SLOPE REGION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURRENT MEANDERING; FISH; HETEROGENEITY; OCEANIC FRONT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 1842716571     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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