Turbulent mixing and mesoscale distributions of late-stage fish larvae on the NW Shelf of Western Australia

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-59

  Meekan, M G ^a   Carleton, J H ^a   Steinberg, C R ^a   Mckinnon, A D ^a   Brinkman, R ^a   Doherty, P J ^a   Halford, A ^a,c   Duggan, S ^a   Mason, L ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Cross shelf; Distribution; Fish larvae; Horizontal; Internal wave; Light trap; Turbulent mixing; Upwelling; Vertical

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EXMOUTH GULF; INDIAN OCEAN;

CARANGIDAE; COPEPODA; LETHRINIDAE; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE; SIGANIDAE; SPRATELLOIDES;

EID: 33645067908     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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