Pelagic ecology of a northern boundary current system: Effects of upwelling on the production and distribution of sardine (Sardinops sagax), anchovy (Engraulis australis) and southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) in the Great Australian Bight

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-207

  Ward, Tim M ^a   McLeay, Lachlan J ^a   Dimmlich, Wetjens F ^a   Rogers, Paul J ^a   McClatchie, Sam ^a   Matthews, Roger ^b   Kämpf, Jochen ^b   Van Ruth, Paul D ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Coastal upwelling; Engraulis australis; Flinders Current; Great Australian Bight; Sardinops sagax; South Australia; Thunnus maccoyii; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT; CLUPEOID; FISHERY; JUVENILE; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITRATE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; CALIFORNIA; GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

CLUPEIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS AUSTRALIS; SARDINOPS SAGAX; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 33745187104     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2006.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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