Distribution of jack mackerel (Trachurus japonicus) larvae and juveniles in the East China Sea, with special reference to the larval transport by the Kuroshio Current

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 508-518

  Sassa, Chiyuki ^a   Konishi, Yoshinobu ^a,c   Mori, Ken ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Horizontal distribution; Jack mackerel; Kuroshio Current; Larval fish transport; Recruitment; Spawning ground; Trachurus japonicus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISH; LARVA; LARVAL TRANSPORT; OCEANIC CURRENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING GROUND;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

SCOMBRIDAE; SCYPHOZOA; TRACHURUS JAPONICUS; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 33745052974     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2006.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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