Geographic variation in the assemblages of leptocephali in the western South Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 776-794

  Miller, Michael J ^a   Aoyama, Jun ^a   Mochioka, Noritaka ^b   Otake, Tsuguo ^a   Castle, Peter H J ^c   Minagawa, Gen ^a   Inagaki, Tadashi ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fish; Fish larvae; Larval transport; South Equatorial Current; Spawning grounds; Western South Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISHERIES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SALINE WATER;

FISH; FISH LARVAE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; SPAWNING GROUNDS; WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; EEL; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ISLAND; LARVA; SALINITY; SPAWNING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANGUILLIDAE; ANGUILLIFORMES; CHLOPSIDAE; CONGRIDAE; ELOPOMORPHA; MORINGUIDAE; MURAENIDAE; NEMICHTHYIDAE; OPHICHTHIDAE; PISCES; SERRIVOMERIDAE;

EID: 33646783617     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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