Influences of El Niño on assemblages of mesopelagic fish larvae along the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 244-255

  Funes Rodríguez, René ^a   Hinojosa Medina, Alejandro ^a   Aceves Medina, Gerardo ^a   Jiménez Rosenberg, Sylvia P A ^a   Bautista Romero, J Jesús ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California coast; California Current; El Ni o; Fish larvae assemblages; Mesopelagic

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; LARVA; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; PLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

BATHYLAGUS OCHOTENSIS; BENTHOSEMA PANAMENSE; DIAPHUS PACIFICUS; DIOGENICHTHYS LATERNATUS; DIPLOPHOS PROXIMUS; LEUROGLOSSUS STILBIUS; MELAMPHAES LUGUBRIS; PROTOMYCTOPHUM CROCKERI; SYMBOLOPHORUS CALIFORNIENSIS; TRIPHOTURUS MEXICANUS; VINCIGUERRIA LUCETIA;

EID: 33745192579     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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